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Herbarium specimen: Scirpus sylvaticus

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Scirpus sylvaticus L. ("Wood Club-rush")
Other name:Cyperaceae: Cyperus longus L. ("Galingale")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Cyperus longus L. ("Galingale")
Collected by:S Edwards
Collection date:27/6/1962
Locality:Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Bidborough, TQ54, Waterlogged clay in overgrown stream
Institution:Bolton Museum (BON)
Accession number:285-1977-15
Image:Scirpus sylvaticus herbarium specimen from Bidborough, VC16 West Kent in 1962 by S Edwards.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Very tall pant-only a few plants in one place. [Despite the original label on the sheet naming the specimen as Cyperus longus, the inflorescence identifies it as Scirpus sylvaticus.]

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Documented by nacs12 on 27th May 2010.

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