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Herbarium specimen: Carex appropinquata

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex appropinquata Schumach. ("Fibrous Tussock-sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex appropinquata Schumach. ("Fibrous Tussock-sedge")
Collected by:John Benbow
Collection date:5/1885
Locality:Great Britain, VC21 Middlesex, Harefield, TQ09, Side of [Grand Union] Canal near Harefield Moor [S of South Harefield]. In the wet meadows on moors below Springwell Lock and by ditch between Denham & Harefield Moor Locks.
ex herb:John Benbow
Institution:Natural History Museum (BM)
Accession number:781665
Image:Carex appropinquata herbarium specimen from Harefield, VC21 Middlesex in 1885 by John Benbow.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Abundant and with enormous tussocks

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