Feedback request: Carex vaginata (E00749667)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #404002

Taxon:	Cyperaceae: Carex vaginata Tausch ("Sheathed Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:	Cyperaceae: Carex vaginata Tausch ("Sheathed Sedge")
Collected by:	Peter Ewing
Collection date:	7/1887
Locality:	Great Britain, VC98 Argyllshire, Beinn Laoigh [Ben Lui], NN2626
ex herb:	Peter Ewing
Institution:	Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Accession number:	E00749667
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Documented by xmhcman on 9^th May 2016.

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date	user	change
14/06/2016	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC98 Ben Laoigh
14/06/2016	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC98 Beinn Laoigh [Ben Lui] NN2626 (place)

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oldnick wrote

County not stated. Argyllshire, SW of Inveraray, NM9601? or boundary of Argyllshire, W Perthshire & Mid-Perthshire, SW of Tyndrum, NN2626? Ewing has specimens which specify the latter, though of different years

[Roger Horton]

This topic has been the subject of a previous post.

The pick list for this name is a nightmare! Some location have been generated by uploading Manchester or Perth specimen data from an external source (no images). Below is a list of the locations which have grid references (some clearly in error) AND specimens:

VC/name/grid ref./no. of specimens

VC87,VC88 Mid-West Perthshire Beinn Laoigh NN2824 10
VC88 Mid Perthshire Beinn Laoigh NN2626 21
VC98 Argyllshire Beinn Laoigh NN2527 7
VC88 Mid Perthshire Ben Laoigh [Ben Lui] NN2626 123
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VC87 West Perthshire Beinn Laoigh NM9601 (approx) 11
VC98 Argyllshire Beinn Laoigh [Ben Lui] NM9601 10
VC88,VC98 Crianlarich (W of), Beinn Laoigh [Ben Laoigh] NM9601 1

Beinn Laoigh/Ben Lui (the former from older maps, the latter on the 1950/60s map, both on the current OS) a major peak, summit 1130m (3708ft) at NN265264, is a three-VC point for VC87 West Perthshire/VC88 Mid Perthshire/VC98 Argyllshire. The slight variations in the grid references accommodate the three different VCs quoted by collectors. It stands at ~12km W of Crianlarich (NN3825).

The more westerly Beinn Laoigh, 435m (1421ft) VC98 Argyllshire, NM9601, seems an unlikely collection site, especially when a height of over 2000ft is quoted. The adjacent Loch Fyne and Loch Awe can muster only a dozen specimens in total.