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Herbarium specimen: Agrostis gigantea

Taxon:Poaceae: Agrostis gigantea Roth ("Black Bent")
named by James B Phipps 11/1960
Other name:Agrostis gigantea var. nigra (With.)
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Agrostis gigantea Roth ("Black Bent")
Collected by:Mr Charles Edgar Salmon
Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:1/7/1901
Locality:Great Britain, VC60 West Lancashire, Cockerham Moss, SD44, Cornfield on Cockerham Moss.
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Agrostis gigantea herbarium specimen from Cockerham Moss, VC60 West Lancashire in 1901 by Mr Charles Edgar Salmon.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:"New county record - see Journal of Botany C.E.S. & H.S.T."

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Agrostis giganteaGB, VC9 Dorset, AbbotsburyHarold Stuart Thompson26/8/1922BIRM

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