Feedback request: Myrica gale (HU5023)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #238595

Taxon:	Myricaceae: Myrica gale L. ("Bog-myrtle")
Filed in taxon folder:	Myricaceae: Myrica gale L. ("Bog-myrtle")
Collected by:	Richard de Gylpyn Benson
Collection date:	4/8/1894
Locality:	Great Britain, VC40 Shropshire, Blake Mere, SJ43
Institution:	Shrewsbury School (SHYB)
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Documented by keith barnett on 28^th October 2007.

Checked by alex lockton

Edit history

date	user	change
04/11/2012	oldnick	Deleted locality: 'Blackmere': county uncertain
04/11/2012	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC40 Black Mere, 'Blackmere'
06/11/2012	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC40 Black Mere, 'Blackmere'
06/11/2012	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC40 Blake Mere (Whitchurch), 'Blackmere' [apparently = Blake Mere near Whitchurch see message board]
05/03/2015	alex lockton	Deleted note: no collector named
05/03/2015	alex lockton	Deleted locality: GB VC40 Blake Mere (Whitchurch), 'Blackmere' [apparently = Blake Mere near Whitchurch see message board]
05/03/2015	alex lockton	Added locality: GB VC40 Blake Mere
05/03/2015	alex lockton	Added collector: Richard de Gylpyn Benson

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User comments about this sheet

oldnick wrote

Black Mere Shropshire is on the gazetteer, but I couldn't find on map .... unless same as Blake Mere near Whitchurch

[mossysal]

The Whitchurch one looks good. On the Blakemere Leisure site http://www.blakemere-leisure.co.uk/the-lake it says:

"Blakemere was referred to years ago as 'Black Mere' due to its peaty water colour . It was formed in the ice ages along with most of the other Shropshire meres ."

Not so good to read that they propose to dig out some of the marshland around the lake!
HTH
Sarah

[oldnick]

Thanks, that seems very clear - unlike the mere. I'll edit accordingly (with just slight note of caution). What possible benefit can there be to dig out marshland - to enlarge a (natural) peat lake which presumably wouldn't even hold much aquatic life unless fish food were added!