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ClassificationNyssaceae: Nyssa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872639
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: Bristol County: New Bedford
LocalityNew Bedford Sassacowen [Sassaquin] Pond
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fecd706d-ba22-4d32-b2e2-978190e5891a
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872639
HerbariumGH
FamilyNyssaceae
Determination Nyssa multiflora Wangenheim
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyNyssaceae
Determination Nyssa sylvatica Marshall
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Nyssa multiflora]
Remarks[“June 24th, 1856. . . found Thoreau walking in the garden – assisted him in fitting a press for his plants. Left home about 10 with H. D. T. for Long Pond – on the way spent an hour at Sassacowen or Tobey’s pond” Daniel Ricketson and his friends, 289. 1902]

ClassificationNyssaceae: Nyssa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872639
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: Barnstable County: Eastham
LocalityEastham
Date Collected1857-06-17
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b71834f9-d705-4259-b9ae-3fe4bd77f746
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872639
HerbariumGH
FamilyNyssaceae
Determination Nyssa multiflora Wangenheim
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyNyssaceae
Determination Nyssa sylvatica Marshall
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Eastham]
Remarksfertile tupelo (?) [“June 17. . . I left the road and struck across west of the road to near the Eastham Meeting-house, crossing a part of that “beach” where once wheat grew, and by Great Pond, where a canal has been talked of. Passed some large tupelo trees.” Journal 9: 430, 436, 1857]