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Herbarium specimen: Carex arenaria

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex arenaria L. ("Sand Sedge")
Other name:Cyperaceae: Carex disticha Huds. ("Brown Sedge")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:20/8/1935
Locality:Great Britain, VC45 Pembrokeshire, Penally, SS19, salt marsh
communicated:Prof William Harold Pearsall
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex arenaria herbarium specimen from Penally, VC45 Pembrokeshire in 1935 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Pearsall calls this a depauperate form
Filing note:Scirpus to Carex

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Documented by qgroom on 16th November 2011.

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