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Herbarium specimen: Poa pratensis

Taxon:Poaceae: Poa pratensis L. ("Smooth Meadow-grass")
Other name:Poaceae: Poa nemoralis L. ("Wood Meadow-grass")
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Poa pratensis L. ("Smooth Meadow-grass")
Collected by:Miss Kate Howard
Collection date:1876
Locality:Great Britain, VC30 Bedfordshire, Clapham, TL047530, "Clapham Wood" - Claphampark Wood
ex herb:Prof William Hillhouse
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Poa pratensis herbarium specimen from Clapham, VC30 Bedfordshire in 1876 by Miss Kate Howard.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Hillhouse was a master at Bedford Modern School, a private Girls school 1 mile from Clapham in the 1870s: Kate Howard possibly Katherine Alexander Howard b.1863 in Bedford, a pupil?

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Documented by mikedaps on 16th February 2010.

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