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Herbarium specimen: Carex nigra

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex nigra (L.) Reichard ("Common Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex nigra (L.) Reichard ("Common Sedge")
Collected by:William Duppa Miller
Collection date:12/6/1925
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Stanton Drew, ST56
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex nigra herbarium specimen from Stanton Drew, VC6 North Somerset in 1925 by William Duppa Miller.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Var[iety] with very blunt utricles.] Small patch growing with Equisition hyemale by W S [Weston-Super]-Mare.
Is this Var[iety] augustifolia Blyth?

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Carex nigraGB, VC6 North Somerset, TickenhamHarold Stuart Thompson6/1924BIRM
+Carex nigraGB, Somerset, BlackdownHarold Stuart Thompson9/6/1924BIRM

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