File 3 - Research notes and specimens

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UGA P120/3/1/7/9/3

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Research notes and specimens

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  • 02/09/1976-05/05/1989

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c. 30 pp

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Envelope filled with small pieces of paper, described as Plants Index Aran. Each piece of paper gives the name of a specimen and a number. Unclear what the number corresponds to.

A small leaf specimen found roadside, north east of Tullyconnelly.

List of species found on Inishmore, divided into seashore species, plants of wet places, weeds and ruderals, and plants from roadsides or shallow soil. This is a typed list with handwritten edits. It is attached to a notice of a field trip to the Aran Islands by the Botanical Society of the British Isles (2-7 Sep 1976).

Handwritten notes on specimens found in Turloch Mór (27 Jun 1978).

Typed index of specimens found in Aran (T Curtis 1979 written at end).

Handwritten index of specimens found in creigs, heath, thin grass and fissures, with a corresponding calendar tracking growth.

Notes on kelp handwritten by Tim Robinson, from a reading of 'The Chemical Revolution' by Archibald and Clow. (Undated).

Typed piece entitled 'Plant Records from Co Galway' by Tim Robinson, which expand on some of the distributions described in Webb and Scannell "The Flora of Connemara and the Burren".

Press cutting from the Irish Times on weeds in Aran. (5 May 1989).

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      18/04/2017
      25/06/2025

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