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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267920
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Hampshire
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Hampshire: Cheshire County
Localityby camp v. [vide] near rocks [summit of Mount Monadnock]
Date Collected1860-08-**
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f5f226ad-f480-46b3-af93-0bc8bacfdb5f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267920
HerbariumNEBC
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
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex brunnescens (Persoon) Poiret
Determined byStandley, Lisa Anne
Date Determined1989
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex canescens var. vitilis (Fries) J. Carey
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex canescens var. alpicola Wahlenberg
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextC. alpicola
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex brunnescens var. sphaerostachya (Tuckerman) Kükenthal
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on sheet, W. T. Kittredge, 2013]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex sp.
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Annotation TextC. alpicola [ined., Hoar doesn't transcribe the canescens insertion below the alpicola]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex canescens var. vitilis (Fries) J. Carey
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Annotation Text(on the other side)
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex brunnescens (Persoon) Poiret
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [188MB]
Full Quality [29MB]
Remarks["Concord" on provenance label is incorrect. "Aug. 9. At 6 A. M. leave camp . . .I observed these plants on the rocky summit of the mountain, above the forest: . . . Carex, small, rather close-spiked, C. canescens-like (?), common. . . Near the camp there was a succession of great rocks" Journal 12: 25, 27, 43. 9 August 1860]]

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