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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:Dr Henry Halcro Johnston
Collection date:29/8/1928
Locality:Great Britain, VC112 Shetland, Funzie, HU68, Swamp. Burn of Funzie, Fetlar, (altitude 50ft)
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:1111441
Image:Carex paniculata herbarium specimen from Funzie, VC112 Shetland in 1928 by Dr Henry Halcro Johnston.
collector's number:304
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Native. Very rare. Nine tufts of plants only seen by me. Plants in unripe fruit or withered flower with no fruit developed. A new record for this species for the H. C. Watson county No. 112 Shetland, discovered by me (Henry Helcro Johnston) on 29th August 1928.
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