Mat - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 31696 | |||||
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Plant Name | 200.00 POACEAE Ammophila arenaria | Entry Book Number | 48.1856 | |
| Artefact Name | Mat | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Mat | Geography Description | Great Britain, Europe, Northern Europe, Wales | ||
| Uses | MatUse: MATERIALS - Fibres User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Fibres | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Berkeley Rev MJ | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/04/1856 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Label source: These mats, which are used in churches and houses, are made by the Welsh peasants. Johnson relates in his Mercurius Botanicus (1641) that in his time the inhabitants of Newborough had no other handicraft than the manufacture of ropes, mats,, etc, from this grass. | ||||
| Determinations: | 200.00 POACEAE Ammophila arenaria (Host.) Husn. 200.00 POACEAE Ammophila arundinacea Host. | ||||