Carex uncinata

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| species = uncinata

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• Uncinia australis Pers.
• Carex hamosa Thouars
• Uncinia scaberrima Nees
• Uncinia lindleyana Kunth
• Uncinia rigidula Steud.
• Uncinia alopecuroides Colenso
• Uncinia bractata Colenso
• Uncinia polyneura Colenso
• Uncinia pedicellata Kük.
• Uncinia uncinata (L.f.) Kük.

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Carex uncinata, the Hawai'i birdcatching sedge,{{PLANTS|id=UNUN|taxon=Uncinia uncinata|accessdate=27 July 2015}} hook grass, hook sedge, bastard grass, kamu or matau-a-maui,{{cite web|title=Uncinia uncinata|url=http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2281|publisher=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network|access-date=1 April 2012}} is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae.Govaerts, R. & Simpson, D.A. (2007). World Checklist of Cyperaceae. Sedges: 1-765. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Carex uncinata is native to New Zealand (including the Antipodes), the Society Islands, and Hawaii.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=271277 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] Its natural habitat is from the coast up to {{cvt|1000|m}}, where it is found in areas ranging from native forest to shrubland.