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Herbarium specimen: Carex strigosa

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex strigosa Huds. ("Thin-spiked Wood-sedge")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:17/6/1936
Locality:Great Britain, VC62 North-east Yorkshire, Forge Valley, SE98, Damp wood.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex strigosa herbarium specimen from Forge Valley, VC62 North-east Yorkshire in 1936 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:2072
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Like C. sylvatica, leaves broader, spikes longer, narrower on short stems, beak very short.
Filing note:Cyperaceae / Eriocaulaceae

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Documented by johned on 8th July 2012.

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