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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267935
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Date Collected1859-06-16 [June 16 -59 & much earlier]
Elevation0 m
Habitatriver meadows
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2dd2840f-86e5-44a4-b9a7-a56db4f62efe
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267935
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 by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextThe C. monile apparently of river meadows
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex vesicaria Linnaeus
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex monile Tuckerman
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) transcription on sheet]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [186MB]
Full Quality [31MB]
Remarks["June 16 . . . Walked into the Great Meadows on the angle from the west side of the Holt, inorder to see what were the prevailing sedges, etc. . . in the wet parts, pipes two and a half feet high, C. lanuginosa, C. bullata (?), [C.] monile, Eleocharis palustris, Panicum virgatum (a little just begins to show itself), and Flyceria fluitans here and there and out." Journal 12: 204-205. 1959]

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