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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAceraceae: Acer
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872391
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Worcester County: Sutton
LocalityPurgatory [Chasm]
Date Collected [[16 Jun 1856]]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a4d38f76-e129-4cac-b649-a704cac95a44
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872391
HerbariumGH
FamilyAceraceae
Determination Acer pensylvanicum Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[#161-1]
Remarks[#161-1]

ClassificationAceraceae: Acer
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872391
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Plymouth County: Plymouth
LocalityWatson's [Benjamin Marston Watson had a nursery, this plant was undoubtedly cultivated]
Date Collected1857-06-15
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/c86779c8-cfbd-4a90-adc8-1cd2d93d76dd
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872391
HerbariumGH
FamilyAceraceae
Determination Acer pensylvanicum Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[#161-2]
Remarks[#161-2]

ClassificationAceraceae: Acer
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872391
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMaine
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Maine
LocalityE. branch Penob. [Penobscot River]
Date Collected1857
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/1b38636a-a0d9-48a2-977b-f27be8974243
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872391
HerbariumGH
FamilyAceraceae
Determination Acer pensylvanicum Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[#161-3]
Remarks[#161-3] ["We there for the first time observed the moose-wood in fruit" unpublished passage from Journal July 30, 1857. The Journal passage also indicates this was where they camped for that night along the East Branch of the Penobscot River. J. Parker Huber's "The Wildest Country" fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.) 22 Jan 2019]

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