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Herbarium specimen: Juncus compressus

Taxon:Juncus compressus Jacq. ("Round-fruited Rush")
Filed in taxon folder:Juncus compressus Jacq. ("Round-fruited Rush")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:16/7/1931
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Berrow, Salt marsh
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Juncus compressus herbarium specimen from Berrow, Salt marsh, VC6 North Somerset in 1931 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Capsule sub-globular, obtuse [and] macronate. Stem leaves broader then in true compressus "extremely rare" specimens also found first in Britain by White in a brackish marsh at Berrow. See Society. Bristol Nat[ural] [History] Soc[ity]. 1888 Fl[owers] of Som[erset] p[age] 332 [and] Fl[owers] of B[ristol], 600 HST

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