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Herbarium specimen: Carex sylvatica

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex sylvatica Huds. ("Wood-sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex sylvatica Huds. ("Wood-sedge")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:6/6/1916
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Holcombe, ST64, (towards Radstock) damp thicket by roadside
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex sylvatica herbarium specimen from Holcombe, VC6 North Somerset in 1916 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:unusually tall, many spikes (in one plant) 2ft 6in high leaves very stiff and long.
some peduncles 5" long

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Documented by rmwalls on 18th December 2008.

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