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Herbarium specimen: Vaccinium oxycoccos

Taxon:Ericaceae: Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ("Cranberry")
Filed in taxon folder:Ericaceae: Vaccinium oxycoccos L. ("Cranberry")
Collection date:7/1856
Locality:Great Britain, VC59 South Lancashire, Prestwich, SD80, Prestwich Carr near Manchester
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Vaccinium oxycoccos herbarium specimen from Prestwich, VC59 South Lancashire in 1856.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Oxycoccos macrocarpus - following J E Lousley in J Bot 1936
Filing note:Oxycoccus palustris

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Vaccinium oxycoccosGB, VC6 North Somerset, Shapwick MoorThomas Clark16/6/1841BIRM

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Documented by qgroom on 14th July 2009.

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