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Herbarium specimen: Juncus compressus

Taxon:Juncus compressus Jacq. ("Round-fruited Rush")
named by C M Lovatt 1981
Other name:Juncus compressus Jacq. ("Round-fruited Rush")
named by Eric Frederic Drabble & Alfred James Wilmott

Rhizome appears to be quite usual in this species, & is present in many of the specimens in Herb. Mus. Brit.

Filed in taxon folder:Juncus compressus Jacq. ("Round-fruited Rush")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:19/8/1932
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Clifton Bridge, by Clifton Bridge Station
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Juncus compressus herbarium specimen from Clifton Bridge, VC6 North Somerset in 1932 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Alluvial ground, large colony
[Another (unsigned) ID as J compressus]

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Documented by gcfrench on 22nd September 2008.

Checked by keith barnett

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