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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Eriophorum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267987
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityViolet sorrel meadow
Date Collected1858-09-01
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/bfc8e660-a66d-4d38-a2ad-98c7b4d9f2ad
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267987
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 Eriophorum virginicum Linnaeus
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) on provenance label]
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Eriophorum polystachion var. angustifolium A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Eriophorum polystachion var. angustifolium A. Gray
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks["Sept. 1. . . Ranunculus repens in bloom - as if begun again? - at the violet wood-sorrel spring. . . That meadow is white with the Eriophorum polystchyon, apparently var. angustifolium (?). Vide it pressed." Journal 11: 141. 1858. " 14093 (Herbarium number of L. Griscom in whose herbarium this specimen was found - RJ Eaton 3/22/61)

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