Herbarium specimen: Blechnum spicant
| Taxon: | Blechnaceae: Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth ("Hard-fern") |
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| Other name: | Blechnum boreale |
| Filed in taxon folder: | Blechnaceae: Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth ("Hard-fern") |
| Collection date: | 1824 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC20 Hertfordshire, Tring, SP91 Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Shirley Common Croydon, TQ36 |
| ex herb: | Charles Ottley Groom |
| Institution: | Bolton Museum (BON) |
| Accession number: | 30-07-25560 |
| Image: |  |
| notes: | 2 specimens but there appear to have been 3 originally as a note reads "This plant is pretty frequent on moist peaty Heathers. No 1 The sterile Frond of the present specimen was gathered on Shirley Common near Croydon. No 2 the two fertile Frondes were brought from near Tring Herts 1824. it is found on Hampstead Heath Putney -- -- plentifully." The number 1 appears on the left hand side of the sheet with a possible trace of a specimen above it while the number 2 appears between the 2 remaining specimens with dotted lines going to them both. |
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Documented by qgroom following initial work by mary martin on 26th August 2010.
