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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Eragrostis
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274190
Other Barcodes on Sheet00518043
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality
Date Collected1858-09-07
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b2bc06fd-f32e-43a4-9f25-d82e83b9a758
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274190
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’s Herbarium. [Ex Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862).] Herbarium of New England Botanical Club ex dono E S. Hoar
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eragrostis spectabilis (Pursh) Steudel
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013-12-11
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eragrostis pectinacea (Michaux) Steudel
Determined by [annotation on provenance label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eragrostis pectinacea (Michaux) Steudel
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Journal 11(3): 150. 1858. “Sept. 7...Near the little bridge at the foot of Turtle Bank, Eragrostis capillaris in small but dense patches, apparently in prime (the Poa capillaris of Bigelow). What I have thus called in press is E. pectinacea (P. hirsuta of Bigelow).”]

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