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ClassificationEricaceae: Vaccinium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967054
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: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityGowing's swamp
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e42f4d47-3040-464c-a188-e42d7449d213
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967054
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Vaccinium oxycoccos Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Vaccinium oxycoccus]
Remarks[“Aug. 23. Wednesday. P. M. – To Gowing’s Swamp . . . I find a new cranberry on the sphagnum amid the A. calyculata, - V. Oxycoccus . . . It has small, now purplish-dotted fruit, flat on the sphagnum, some turned scarlet partly, on terminal peduncles, with slender, thread-like stems and small leaves strongly revolute on the edges.” Journal 6: 467-468. 1854]

ClassificationEricaceae: Vaccinium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967054
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9d1dccaa-096f-44fb-8420-79a3f9ffe4d3
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967054
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[V. macrocarpon]