Conservation status: C
First record: Ray, 1660
Scirpus palustris capitulo nigricante semine splendente. Martyn,1727,111.
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Gamlingay. Bab.1860,252.
'Not now at Gamlingay, ?' Evans,1911.
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... Sawston Moor. Relhan,1802;1820.
Sawston, Miss Plowden, 8.1838, SWN.
Meadows at Sawston. etc.... n.c., n.d., SWN.
Sawston Moor. Bab.ann.Relhan,20.
Sawston Moor, Bab.1860,252.
add: Sawston Moor; SWW. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797.
Sawston Moor, ex Hb J Clark, 21.6.1865, CGE.
Sawston Moor, HD.ann.
Sawston Moor, AS Shrubbs, 23.7.1920, CGE.
Sawston Moor, SM Walters, 1949, in list of assoc. species of Selinum. Proc. BSBI(1956)2:121.
Sawston Moor, DA Wells & K Jefferys, 1970's.
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Sawston by railway. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797.
Dale Moor, HD.ann.
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Triplowe, CC Babington, 28.5.1847, CGE.
Triplow. Bab.ann.Relhan,20.
Peat–holes, Triplow. Bab.1860,252.
Melbourn Common. Bab.ann.Relhan,20. Bab.1860,252.
Fowlmere Watercress Beds, 407.458, 1 clump beside ditch near track, (off track along NE boundary, Cladium in ditch further in), G Crompton, 5.1958, CGE.
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Juncus palustris panicula glomerati ex rubro nigricante. The marsh soft Rush with a round blackish head. Every where in the watery places of Hinton and ...moors; so that he which shall look there cannot doubt what rush we mean. Ray,1660,81–82(77).
Juncus laevis panicula glomerata nigricante Round black–headed Marsh–Rush. On Hinton and ... moors near Cambridge, Ray,1670:181.
Juncus pan. glom. nigr. Hinton Moor; JM.ann.Index Locs.
Gramen spicatum... Round, black–headed Marsh–Rush or Bog–Rush. On Hinton and... moors abundantly. Martyn,1732,1:295.
[Scirpus palustris capitulo nigricante semine splendente Juncus palustris panicula glomerata ex rubro nigricante] Hinton moor July 13 1759. May 12 1760. Th.M.ann.Meth.111.
Juncus panicula glomerata nigricante Hinton Moor Th.M.ann.Meth.–Index Loc.10.
Cherry–Hinton. In and about the Moor. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII.
Cher: Hint. Moor. Fisher ann. Berkenhout,11.
Schoenus nigricans Black Bog–rush. Fens and Moors. Hinton. Relhan,1785;1802.
Ditches rt of Road to Cherry Hinton, W.L.P.G., 7.1824, SWN.
Road to Cherry Hinton. 1835,Coleman(a),58.
Roadside to Hinton. Coleman(b).
Side of road to Hinton; WH Coleman. Bab.1860,252.
add: Hinton Moor; Ray. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797.
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Shelford Common. 1835,Coleman(a),58. Coleman(b).
Shelford Common, ex hb CA Stevens, 1841, CGE.
Shelford Moor; Bab.1860,252.
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Pits near the Observatory. Bab.1860,252.
omit: Pits near Observatory. add: Conduit head Pits. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797.
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Dernford Fen, 1905, CBSC.
Durnford Fen, EJ Allard, 19.6.1906, CUBG 176/06.
Dernford Fen, A Malins Smith, 4.7.1908.
Dernford Fen, 7.5.1914, Hb Sir Harold Jeffreys.
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Meadows Linton & Bartlow. n.c., n.d., SWN.
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Juncus palustris panicula glomerati ex rubro nigricante. The marsh soft Rush with a round blackish head. Every where in the watery places of... and Teversham moors; so that he which shall look there cannot doubt what rush we mean. Ray,1660,81–82(77).
Juncus laevis panicula glomerata nigricante Round black–headed Marsh–Rush. ... and Teversham–moors near Cambridge, Ray,1670:181.
*Juncus palustris pannicula glomerata ex rubro nigricante, Teversham Moor in Cambridgeshire. Merrett,1667,67.
Juncus pan. glom. nigr. Teversham Moor; JM.ann.Index Locs.
Gramen spicatum... Round, black–headed Marsh–Rush or Bog–Rush.... and Teversham moors abundantly. Martyn,1732,1:295.
Juncus pan. glom. nigr. Teversham Moor Th.M.ann.Meth.–Index Loc.(f.)5.
Teversham. On the Moor. Martyn,1763,Herbat.VIII.
T(eversham) M(oor). Fisher ann. Berkenhout,11.
Schoenus nigricans Black Bog–rush. Fens and Moors. Teversham. &c. Relhan,1785;1802;1820.
Teversham Moor. 1835,Coleman(a),58. Coleman(b).
Roadside Teversham to Fulbourn. 1835,Coleman(a),58.
Teversham Moor, Bab.1860,252.
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Fulbourn, G H(enslow), 1855, CGE.
Fulbourn Moor. 1835,Coleman(a),58. Fulbourn M. Coleman(b).
By the brook, Fulbourn. Bab.1860,252.
Near Fulbourn, 1866, Hb Talbot.
Fulbourn, HD.ann.
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BOTTISHAM
Anglesea Abbey, n.c., (Hb Jenyns), 11.5.1825, BATHG.
Anglesea Abbey. Jenyns ann.Relhan,1820.
This morning I strolled down into the fens beyond Anglesea Abbey, to see what was out in the Botanical & Entomological way, but did not notice much. Saw a single Machaon... Schaenus nigricans was in abundance & in full flower; this was the only plant of any importance that occurred. In a hole under the bank of one of the turf–pits, very artfully concealed amongst the rushes, we found the nest of the Reed Bunting... Jenyns,JNH,11.5.1825.
Today during an excursion into Bottisham fen,... The plants appear every where very forward this season; as we noticed Schaenus nigricans,... in flower. Jenyns,JNH,20.4.1826.
Bottisham fen. Henslow ann. l:20.
Schoenus nigricans Fen below Clay–hithe [Bottisham Fen] 15.5.1828. Henslow Exc.
Bottisham Fen J.D., 27.5.1829, NTM.
Fen below Clay–hithe [Bottisham Fen] 27.5.1829. Henslow Exc.
Fens and fields on each side of Bottisham–lode, between the river and Anglesea Abbey. 25.5.1830. Henslow Exc.
Bottisham Fen, J Sharp, 9.5.1833, Huntly Hb.,ABO.
Bottisham Fen, CC Babington, 5.1833, CGE.
Bottisham Fen, Hb CM Lemann, 6 1833, CGE.
Bottisham Fen, 10.6.1833, from Prof Henslow by Mr C Darwin, 23.5.1838 ex hb Francis J Bunbury, CGE.
Bottisham Fen. Bab.ann.Relhan,20.
Bottisham fen, Gibson,1848,309.
Bottisham Fen, FJA Hort, 5.1850, Huntly Hb.,ABO.
Bottisham, Bab.1860,252.
Bottisham fen. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797
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Hornsea fen, Hb JA Power, 18.4.1835, RTE.
Horningsea fen Henslow ann. l:20.
Horningsey Fen. Bab.1860,252.
Horningsey Fen; H. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797.
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Quey, JS Henslow, 22.6.1825, CGE.
Quey, JS Henslow, 23.5.1826, CGE.
Quy–water Henslow ann. l:20.
Qui fen. Bab.ann.Relhan,20.
Quy Fen. Bab.1860,252.
Quy; SWW[anton]. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797.
Quy Fen, 19.5.1918, Mills ann.
Quy Fen, DH Valentine, 1931.
Quy Fen, JL Crosby, 1938.
Quy Fen, SM Walters, 1947.
Quy Fen, 1947. Fair amount over a few acres 14.4.1949– styles protruded on some then. Last yrs culms up to 20". DE Coombe Card index.
Quy Fen, AP Hughes, 1954.
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Burwell Fen, AF.ann.
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Wicken, Fen. Bab.1860,252. Bab.MS.Fl.3:797.
Wicken Poor's Fen, CE Moss, 23.5.1910, CGE.
Wicken Poor's Fen, EF Warburg, 1938.
Wicken Poor's Fen, v. few clumps, SM Walters, 1950–1954, Wicken Card index.
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Isle of Ely, JS Henslow, 1825, CGE. [specimen not found.]
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Chippenham Fen, RI Lynch, 6.9.1884, CUBG 109/84.
Chippenham Fen, RI Lynch, 18.6.1897, CUBG 137/97.
Chippenham Fen, A Hosking, 17.7.1901, CUBG 135/01.
Chippenham Fen, 'very long', [sic] JE Little, 25.9.1912, CGE.
Chippenham Fen, West ann.
Chippenham Fen, CEM ann.
Chippenham Fen, n.c., 15.7.1938, CGE.
Chippenham Fen, CD Pigott, 5.1947, CGE.
Chippenham Fen, CC Townsend, & CNT exc. 3.5.1958, [R].
Chippenham Fen, 647.695, in large tufts, PD Sell 61/262, 22.6.1961, CGE.
In abundance, Chippenham Fen, P Wright, & CNT exc. 23.7.1972, [R].
Chippenham Fen, Compts 1,8, & 11, M Musgrave, 9.1977.
Chippenham Fen, AC Leslie, & CNT exc. 28.6.1980, [R].
Chippenham Fen, 646.659, PH Oswald, DA Wells & CFG group, 17.6.1995, [R].
