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Herbarium specimen: Pteridium aquilinum

Taxon:Dennstaedtiaceae: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ("Bracken")
Filed in taxon folder:Dennstaedtiaceae: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ("Bracken")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:7/8/1926
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Compton Dando, ST66
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Pteridium aquilinum herbarium specimen from Compton Dando, VC6 North Somerset in 1926 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
notes:a monstrous example ten and a half feet high
with 9 pairs of very narrow leaf branches several of 2 feet length longest pinacules only 2.75 inches - longest internodes 3 inch.
very juicy ,soft stem. Much bleached and attenuated in searching for light in narrow shaded (ravial) above Comptou Dando, N.Somerset 7 aug 1926 HST

much damaged when carried home in fishing bag.

Inferred details are marked.

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+Pteridium aquilinumGB, VC6 North Somerset, Compton DandoHarold Stuart Thompson7/8/1926BIRM
+Pteridium aquilinumGB, VC6 North Somerset, Compton DandoHarold Stuart Thompson7/8/1926BIRM

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Documented by lowfatspread on 7th May 2008.

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