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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Sphenopholis
Classification 1Poaceae: Eatonia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274245
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Lincoln
LocalityJames Bakers mud-hole behind his house
Date Collected1860-07-10
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/38fcd474-8b78-48a1-884b-e3060e595cd5
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274245
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’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
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Sphenopholis intermedia (Rydberg) Rydberg
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2009
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
Annotation Textcited by R. J. Eaton, Fl. Concord 196. 1974
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eatonia pennsylvanica (de Candolle) A. Gray
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextThat of Well meadow is what? then? [Poa trivialis]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Sphenopholis Ă—pallens (Biehler) Scribner
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) on provenance label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eatonia pennsylvanica (de Candolle) A. Gray
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Annotation Textthat of Well - meadow is what New?
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [192MB]
Full Quality [28MB]
Remarks[This specimen should be attributed to Lincoln. Acc. to Gleason's map (TH. Journ. XIV, following p. 346, James Baker's house was in Lincoln., R. J. Eaton, 1968]

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