| Classification | Poaceae: Muhlenbergia |
| Classification 1 | Poaceae: Sporobolus |
| Barcode(s) | 00274215 |
| 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: Concord |
| Locality | Shattucks merrick's p[asture] |
| Date Collected | [Sep 16] |
| Remarks | ["Lowell to Boston and Concord. Leaving Lowell at 7 A. m. in the cars . . one species of grass, which grew in narrow curving lines and small patches along the edges of the meadows or lowest ground, - a grass with very fine stems and branches . . .is probably the Sporobolus serotinus, almost the only, if not the only, grass there in its prime...It grows on the higher parts of the meadows, where other herbage is thin.. . Also saw it the 16th." Journal 14(2): 76-77. Sept. 10, 1860] |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/45e28dc9-ab2b-400d-82f2-8cbb5a529e17 |
| Harvard University Herbaria Barcode | 00274215 |
| Herbarium | NEBC |
| Previous ownership | Thoreau’s Herbarium [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 | Poaceae |
| Determination | Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhlenberg) Fernald |
| Determined by | [M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on sheet] |
| Determination Remarks | [filed under] [current name] |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Determination | Sporobolus serotinus A. Gray |
| Determined by | [H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label] |
| Determination Remarks | [label name] |
| Annotation Text | [Sporob]olus serotinus [wh]ich I have called E. [Eragrostis] capillaris The Dew Grass (of some) |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Determination | Sporobolus uniflorus (Muhlenberg) Scribner & Merrill |
| Determined by | [annotation on provenance label] |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Determination | Sporobolus serotinus A. Gray |
| Determined by | [E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label] |
| Annotation Text | which I have called E. capillaris The dew grass of me |
| Sex | not determined |
| Phenology | NotDetermined |
| Preparation Type | Sheet |
| Preparation Method | Pressed |
