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Herbarium specimen: Carex acuta

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex acuta L. ("Slender Tufted-sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex acuta L. ("Slender Tufted-sedge")
Collected by:Mr Frederick Townsend
Collection date:6/1852
Locality:Great Britain, VC14 East Sussex, Tunbridge Wells, TQ53, [Tunbridge Wells area does not obviously have the habitat required by this species, including river floodplains. Perhaps the location has been confused with Tonbridge in V.c. 16?. The species has been known historically at Tonbridge.]
ex herb:Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Carex acuta herbarium specimen from Tunbridge Wells, VC14 East Sussex in 1852 by Mr Frederick Townsend.
collector's number:24919
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits

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Documented by oldnick on 6th August 2015.

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