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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267955
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Lincoln
Localitybear swamp [Thoreau went to Flints Pond on this date]
Date Collected1859-06-02
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9feb7042-4418-4707-b31c-70f95adf3668
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267955
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 albicans Willdenow ex Sprengel
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex emmonsii Dewey
Determined byF. J. Hermann, U. S. Forest Service
Date Determined1968-11-**
Annotation Text(Atypical)
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationCompare Carex artitecta Mackenzie
Determined byRJE [R. J. Eaton]
Date Determined1968
Annotation TextPossibly C. artitecta
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationNot Carex emmonsii Dewey
Determined byS. K. Svenson & R. J. Eaton
Date Determined1968
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Carex varia Muhlenberg
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextC. varia-like (?) ?)
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex varia Muhlenberg
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Carex varia Muhlenberg
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) transcription on sheet]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [189MB]
Full Quality [28MB]
RemarksThe glaucous prostrate drooping bear swamp one June 2 seen May 11th - [18]59 [" 7th The glaucous green at length drooping large or prostrate varia??like one in large tufts at Bear swamp. May 11th then 5 or 6 inch high." unpublished Journal entry for May 12, 1859 fide R. L. Angelo, 17 May 2017]

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