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Herbarium specimen: Carex paniculata

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex paniculata L. ("Greater Tussock-sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex paniculata L. ("Greater Tussock-sedge")
Collected by:Arthur Oliver Chater
Collection date:2/7/1961
Locality:Great Britain, VC49 Caernarvonshire, Edern, SH287391, abundant in very wet fen under clump of Salix atrocinerea bushes towards the N end of the fen 650m W of Plas yng Ngheidio [Plasyngheidio], 2½ km SW of Nefyn. Not forming tussocks but growing loosely, amongst abundant C. acutiformis (4751), (altitude 100ft)
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:1111325
Image:Carex paniculata herbarium specimen from Edern, VC49 Caernarvonshire in 1961 by Arthur Oliver Chater.
collector's number:4752
notes:The rest of the fen has dominant Juncus subnodulosus. pH of water 6.9 on BDH indicator paper

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Documented by wshuff on 30th December 2014.

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