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Herbarium specimen: Spartina maritima x alterniflora = S. x townsendii

Taxon:Poaceae: Spartina maritima x alterniflora = S. x townsendii H. Groves & J. Groves ("Townsend's Cord-grass")
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Spartina maritima x alterniflora = S. x townsendii H. Groves & J. Groves ("Townsend's Cord-grass")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:9/1910
Locality:Great Britain, VC9 Dorset, Poole Harbour, SZ08, Covering several acres and extending round the harbour in places
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Spartina maritima x alterniflora = S. x townsendii herbarium specimen from Poole Harbour, VC9 Dorset in 1910 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
notes:This grass is extending rapidly and reclaiming the land in Dorset, Hants and elsewhere on the English Channel. It is about to be used in the manufacture of paper. see photos.

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Documented by mossysal on 1st May 2010.

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