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Herbarium specimen: Carex hirta

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex hirta L. ("Hairy Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex hirta L. ("Hairy Sedge")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:24/6/1915
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Charterhouse, ST55, damp bank south of swamp
ex herb:Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall
Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex hirta herbarium specimen from Charterhouse, VC6 North Somerset in 1915 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:'var spinosa Mort, glumes very long and spurescent [?], with also compound panicles, stems 2 feet high in great [?] clumps with the type' HST. 'yes; it may pass as var spinissa; but not extreme' ESM 1917.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Carex hirtaGB, VC6 North Somerset, CharterhouseHarold Stuart Thompson24/6/1915BIRM
+Carex hirtaGB, VC6 North Somerset, CharterhouseHarold Stuart Thompson24/6/1915BIRM
+Carex hirtaGB, VC6 North Somerset, CharterhouseHarold Stuart Thompson13/7/1915BIRM

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Documented by oldnick on 4th December 2009.

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