Herbarium specimen: Pteridium aquilinum
| Taxon: | Dennstaedtiaceae: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ("Bracken") |
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| Filed in taxon folder: | Dennstaedtiaceae: Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ("Bracken") |
| Collected by: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Collection date: | 7/8/1926 |
| Locality: | Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Compton Dando, ST66 |
| ex herb: | Mr Harold Stuart Thompson |
| Institution: | University of Birmingham (BIRM) |
| Image: |  |
| notes: | a monstrous example ten and a half feet high with 9 pairs of very narrow leaf branches several of 2 feet length longest pinacules only 2.75 inches - longest internodes 3 inch. very juicy ,soft stem. Much bleached and attenuated in searching for light in narrow shaded (ravial) above Comptou Dando, N.Somerset 7 aug 1926 HST much damaged when carried home in fishing bag. |
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Other specimens with similar collection dates, collectors or localities.
| taxon | locality | collectors | date | institution | ||
| + | Pteridium aquilinum | GB, VC6 North Somerset, Compton Dando | Harold Stuart Thompson | 7/8/1926 | BIRM | |
| + | Pteridium aquilinum | GB, VC6 North Somerset, Compton Dando | Harold Stuart Thompson | 7/8/1926 | BIRM | |
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Documented by lowfatspread on 7th May 2008.
