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Herbarium specimen: Carex rostrata

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex rostrata Stokes ("Bottle Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex rostrata Stokes ("Bottle Sedge")
Collected by:Christopher David Kentish Cook
Collection date:3/7/1954
Locality:Great Britain, VC104 North Ebudes, Island of Raasay, NG53, Loch a Chadhacàrnach. Silted loch. Usually found on muddy bottom, that has not been stabilized. Equisetum fluviatile, Nymphaea alba or N. occidentalis, Potamogeton natans & filiformis., (altitude 300ft)
Institution:Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (E)
Accession number:E00737621
Image:Carex rostrata herbarium specimen from Island of Raasay, VC104 North Ebudes in 1954 by Christopher David Kentish Cook.
collector's number:R13.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:This was a common sedge growing on movable sand mud or peat. Growing in 6 ins to 3 ft of water.

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Documented by johned on 28th October 2015.

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