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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267932
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityriver side & near Shattuck oak A beaked sedge by New Stone Bridge in meadow
Date Collected1858-06-20
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a3cfa3fe-9108-4fdc-90cf-d7bb927f3229
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267932
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’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 vesicaria Linnaeus
Determined byStandley, Lisa Anne
Date Determined1989
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex monile Tuckerman
Determined byidentified by Prof. [L . H.] Bailey [E. S. Hoar (scripsit)]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex vesicaria Linnaeus
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [188MB]
Full Quality [29MB]
Remarks[year from Thoreau's journal]

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