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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267948
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityrock of Island, found by Island [Egg Rock at confluence of Assabet and Sudbury Rivers]
Date Collected1858-06-22
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/c48b1ebf-7383-4e49-b0a6-b631f6bfd545
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267948
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 crinita Lamarck
Determined byCayouette, Jacques
Date Determined1985
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
Annotation Textvar. crinita
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex crinita Lamarck
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex crinita Lamarck
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex crinita Lamarck
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) transcription on sheet]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks["About the grassy Island in front of the rock grows abundantly ap. the carex crinita" "with about 4 long pendulous fertile spikes & one barren --2 1/2 feet high & long since done" Journal 10: 505. 22 June 1858, the second additional quote not published]

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