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Specimen #258925
| Taxon: | Equisetaceae: Equisetum sylvaticum L. ("Wood Horsetail") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Equisetaceae: Equisetum sylvaticum L. ("Wood Horsetail") |
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| Collected by: | Rev. Augustin Ley |
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| Collection date: | 12/7/1881
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| Locality: | Great Britain, VC43 Radnorshire, Nantgwyllt, SN9162, Nantgwyllt, Radnorshire
the site is probably now under water due to the elan valley resovoir systems from 1894- which flooded large parts of the val;ey includeing Nantgwyllt to provide water for Birmingham
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| ex herb: | Rev. Augustin Ley |
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| Institution: | University of Birmingham (BIRM) |
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| Image: |  |
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| notes: | SN9162 : Ruins of Nantgwyllt in the Elan Valley
4 km from Elan Village, Powys, Great Britain
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Documented by lowfatspread on 8th May 2008.
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- lowfatspread wrote
- perhaps we should have some indicator for "lost sites" whether fue to flooding - (dams / reservoirs) or Coastal erosion , etc
e.g. Nantgwyllt elan valley flooded from 1894--
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