Feedback request: Juncus filiformis (30253)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #354491

Taxon:	Juncus filiformis L. ("Thread Rush")
Filed in taxon folder:	Juncus filiformis L. ("Thread Rush")
Collected by:	Mr Frederick Janson Hanbury
Collection date:	7/1885
Locality:	Great Britain, VC91 Kincardineshire, Loirston Loch, NJ9301
ex herb:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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Documented by mossysal following initial work by oldnick on 18^th January 2013.

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date	user	change
18/01/2013	mossysal	Deleted locality: GB VC91 Loriston Loch
18/01/2013	mossysal	Added locality: GB VC91 Loirston Loch NJ9301 (place)

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oldnick wrote

I couldn't locate 'Loriston Loch'. I found no clue from other Hanbury specimens; no others from the county

[mossysal]

I have tentatively edited in Loirston Loch, just S of Aberdeen.
OS Grid reference NJ937010

. He collected in VC90 and VC92 in the 1880s so may have popped over into the next county!
There is another sheet http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/284994/ from the same date which looks more like Loch Loiston, too.
Sarah

[Roger Horton]

Re: this post and that about specimen 30255. There are not many lochs in Kincardineshire to choose from, apparently, so I think we have the place right:

Cambridge County Geographies: Kincardineshire p 18. says:

The lochs in the county are few and small. The Loch of Leys in Banchory was over 2 miles in Circuit, but is now drained; Loirston Loch in Nigg 27 acres [10.9 ha; so just over ~500x210m] in extent.

And the gazetteer of Scotland says:
Loirston, a loch (3 x 1½ furl. [600x300m]) in Nigg parish, Kincardineshire, 1¼ mile [2km] SSW of the parish church.

[oldnick]

excellent solution!