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Classification	Cyperaceae: Trichophorum
Classification 1	Cyperaceae: Scirpus
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00267999
Other Barcodes on Sheet	00274004
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Massachusetts
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Lincoln
Locality	Smith's pond near [Swa] mill brook
Date Collected	1859-05-11
Elevation	0 m
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a7e06f9a-d03c-4174-8735-ec8df0af82e0
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00267999
Herbarium	NEBC
Previous ownership	Thoreau’s Herb. [Ex Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)] Herbarium of Edward S. Hoar. Presented to the New England Botanical Club by Mrs. M. B. L. Bradford, 1912
Family	Cyperaceae
Determination	Trichophorum planifolium (Sprengel) Palla
Determined by	Kittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined	2008-12-15
Determination Remarks	[filed under] [current name]
Family	Cyperaceae
Determination	Scirpus planifolius Muhlenberg
Determined by	[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Family	Cyperaceae
Determination	Scirpus planifolius Muhlenberg
Determined by	[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) on provenance label]
Sex	not determined
Phenology	NotDetermined
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed


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Remarks

["Collected in Lincoln since on the date of collection Thoreau's Journal xii 185 clarifies "Scirpus planifolius in bloom on Smith's wooded hill, side of Saw Mill Brook." Smith's Hill is in Lincoln, the southern part close to Saw Mill Brook. A small pond exists near the source of the brook and by the hill to the present day which might be the same one referred to on the label." R. L. Angelo, in litt. 28 August 2018. "This was probably collected in Lincoln not far from Concord line. In Thoreau's Journal xii: 125 'To Hunt's Pond (a sandy pond) ...in flower on Smith's wooded hill, side of Sawmill Brook.' The entry is dated 11 May 1859; Sawmill Brook is a tributary of Mill Brook flowing north from near the northerly shore of Flint's Pond." RJ Eaton '68]