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Herbarium specimen: Myrica gale

Taxon:Myricaceae: Myrica gale L. ("Bog-myrtle")
Filed in taxon folder:Myricaceae: Myrica gale L. ("Bog-myrtle")
Collected by:Mr Alfred Fryer
Collection date:17/6/1880
Locality:Great Britain, VC29 Cambridgeshire, March, TL49, Fire Lots [Firelots Drove runs NE from OS TL429935 in the hamlet of Hook N of Wimblington]
ex herb:Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Myrica gale herbarium specimen from March, VC29 Cambridgeshire in 1880 by Mr Alfred Fryer.
notes:This is from the last plant left in the county, it is still flourishing in 1884

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Documented by oldnick on 17th January 2014.

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