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Herbarium specimen: Juncus tenuis

Taxon:Juncus tenuis Willd. ("Slender Rush")
Filed in taxon folder:Juncus tenuis Willd. ("Slender Rush")
Collected by:Mr William Harrison Pearsall
Collection date:7/10/1924 to 30/8/1929
Locality:Great Britain, VC70 Cumberland, Lady Hall, South Cumberland, Lady Hall, arable land, footpath. 1929 specimen - West Cornwall V.C.1, Gulval (SW43), "on stone paving of farmhouse above Gulval".
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Juncus tenuis herbarium specimen from Lady Hall, VC70 Cumberland in 1924 by Mr William Harrison Pearsall.
notes:J. tenuis Willd. Footpath through peaty arable land, Lady Hall, S. Cumberland, Oct. 7, 1924. I waited till late in the year before gathering this, in the hope of securing more mature fruits. Unfortunately, the season was so wet that few were produced and, moreover, the plants dried so badly as to be only useful as a record. I believe the species has been once recorded for the north of the County, but not for the south. The plants were in great quantity, growing with J. bufonius, in particularly tenacious party soil above estuarine sand, near the R. Duddon.-W. H. Pearhall. J. tenuis Willd. Abundant on stone paving by farmhouse, Rosemorran, near Gulval, W. Cornwall. Aug. 5, 1929 (later specimens received Aug. 30,). A new locality for this plant, still rare in Cornwall, H. S. Thompson. It was rather rare in Surrey before the war, but since much of the timber was cut sown this Juncus appeared in several of the Commons and along the canal banks.-J. Fraser.

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