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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267947
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality[Great Meadows]
Date Collected1859-06-16 [& much earlier]
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0cc8e87e-610d-40c4-b098-c714b5bceeab
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267947
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 bullata Schkuhr ex Willdenow
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013-09-19
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex bullata var. greenii (Boeckeler) Fernald
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Carex bullata Schkuhr ex Willdenow
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextX or Y 2 kinds which I have called bullata ??
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Carex bullata Schkuhr ex Willdenow
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) transcription on sheet]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [188MB]
Full Quality [29MB]
RemarksY The more loose flowered tapering beaked slender culmed of river meadows ["june 16. P. M. Paddle to Great Meadows . . .in the wet parts, pipes two and a half feet high, C. lanuginosa, C. bullata (?), [C.] monile, Elocharis palustris, Panicum virgatum ... and Glyceria fluitans. . . Next in abundance in the wet parts were the inflated sedges above named." Jounral 12: 204-205. 15 June 1859]

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