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Herbarium specimen: Carex flava

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex flava L. ("Large Yellow-sedge")
Collected by:Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges
Collection date:20/7/1947
Locality:Great Britain, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire, Malham Tarn, SD86, By side of stream at N.W. end of Malham Tarn. Peat on limestone.
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Carex flava herbarium specimen from Malham Tarn, VC64 Mid-west Yorkshire in 1947 by Dr Richard Charles L'Estrange Burges.
collector's number:2082
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:The crowded spikes and long beak of utricle suggest the above, but it is more probably C. lepidocarpa (It looked different in the field.)
Filing note:Cyperaceae / Eriocaulaceae

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Documented by johned on 4th July 2012.

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