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Herbarium specimen: Carex riparia

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex riparia Curtis ("Greater Pond-sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex riparia Curtis ("Greater Pond-sedge")
Collected by:Arthur Oliver Chater
Collection date:30/4/1961
Locality:Great Britain, VC55 Leicestershire, Grand Union Canal, Great Glen, SP652960, N side of the Grand Union Canal 300 yards E of the road bridge, 1 mile S of Great Glen church [between Leicester & Market Harborough]
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:1126783
Image:Carex riparia herbarium specimen from Grand Union Canal, Great Glen, VC55 Leicestershire in 1961 by Arthur Oliver Chater.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:forming a dense fringe in the water

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Carex ripariaGB, VC55 Leicestershire, Debdale WharfArthur Oliver Chater7/5/1961BM
+Carex ripariaGB, VC55 Leicestershire, Grand Union Canal, Great GlenArthur Oliver Chater30/4/1961BM
+Carex ripariaGB, VC55 Leicestershire, KibworthArthur Oliver Chater3/4/1961BM
+Carex ripariaGB, VC55 Leicestershire, SaddingtonArthur Oliver Chater30/4/1961BM

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Documented by siandef on 9th April 2015.

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