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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Dichanthelium
Classification 1Poaceae: Panicum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274164
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityBit [Bittern] cliff wall
Date Collected1858-06-25
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f0a96769-a9ef-42b9-9dd5-b648257fc3c9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274164
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
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Dichanthelium latifolium (Linnaeus) Harvill
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2009-01-12
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Panicum latifolium Linnaeus
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on provenance label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Panicum latifolium Linnaeus
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Panicum latifolium Linnaeus
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) transcription on sheet]
Sexnot determined
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [190MB]
Full Quality [29MB]
Remarksnot quite [Year from Thoreau's Journal 10(11): 509. 1858, "Just south the wall at Bittern Cliff, the Panicum latifolium, hardly yet, with some leaves almost an inch and a half wide." There is no mention of this species, or "Whorled pogonia field" in the June 16th entry. This species is tall & erect, not low and spreading. The June 16th label does not belong with this specimen. Walter T. Kittredge, 4 Dec. 2013]

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