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Herbarium specimen: Carex aquatilis

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. ("Water Sedge")
confirmed by Pedro Jiménez‐Mejías 4/2008
Other name:Cyperaceae: Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. ("Water Sedge")
confirmed by Anthony Clive Jermy

1997-2003 Seen for Edition 3, Sedges of the British Isles

Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex aquatilis Wahlenb. ("Water Sedge")
Collected by:Mr Robert MacKechnie
Collection date:2/8/1945
Locality:Great Britain, VC76 Renfrewshire, Harelaw Dam, NS4753, Harelaw Dam on mud at water's edge
ex herb:Mr Robert MacKechnie
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Carex aquatilis herbarium specimen from Harelaw Dam, VC76 Renfrewshire in 1945 by Mr Robert MacKechnie.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:more ♂ spikes than usual
(I note that Harelaw is 48 miles, 38 Km from Mearns in a straight line, so what this means, I do not know. PCH.) [PCH is wrong. Harelaw is in the west of a region mapped as Mearns; 48 miles would be 77km]

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Documented by siandef on 3rd August 2015.

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