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Herbarium specimen: Carex atrofusca

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex atrofusca Schkuhr ("Scorched Alpine-sedge")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:11/7/1939
Locality:Great Britain, VC108 West Sutherland, Meall Garbh, NC34, Bare rocky micaceous slopes beside stream flowering from the N. slopes of Meall Garbh, Lawers., (altitude 2900ft)
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex atrofusca herbarium specimen from Meall Garbh, VC108 West Sutherland in 1939 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:2069
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Growing by same stream as C. microglochin but at a higher level, & not so plentiful.
Filing note:Cyperaceae / Eriocaulaceae

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Documented by johned on 8th July 2012.

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