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Herbarium specimen: Sorbus domestica

Taxon:Rosaceae: Sorbus domestica L. ("Service-tree")
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Sorbus domestica L. ("Service-tree")
Collection date:9/1909
Locality:Great Britain, VC37 Worcestershire, Worcester, SO85, Ivy House, in the [Cathedral?] precincts; in the North border of the Garden, about halfway between the house and the towpath
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Sorbus domestica herbarium specimen from Worcester, VC37 Worcestershire in 1909.
notes:[no specimen; copy of notice requiring protection of the tree] the tree is now 14 feet high, and 13 inches in girth; it is about 20 years old, and has not yet borne any fruit.
[history given of origin in Wyre Forest; implies this is a seedling from Arley Castle]
Filing note:(although not backed with a specimen, I think this is a stand-alone record)

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Documented by oldnick on 16th May 2012.

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