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Herbarium specimen: Carex ericetorum

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex ericetorum Pollich ("Rare Spring-sedge")
Collection date:28/5/1950
Locality:Great Britain, VC66 County Durham, Cauldron Snout, NY82, End of Widdybank Fell [on] sugar limestone bank.
ex herb:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex ericetorum herbarium specimen from Cauldron Snout, VC66 County Durham in 1950.
fruits/flowers:buds/immature flowers
Tags:comital no: 3
notes:[style of label indicates herb Burges. nb species first discovered N of E Anglia in 1943 by E C Wallace, at Burton Leonard]
Filing note:Cyperaceae / Eriocaulaceae

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Documented by hallucigenia on 19th September 2011.

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