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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Sorghastrum
Classification 1Poaceae: Sorghum
Classification 2Poaceae: Muhlenbergia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274242
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[Clamshell Ditch]
Date Collected1858-09-01 [Sep 1st]
Elevation0 m
Habitatopen land by wood side
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/77a3b82b-f0f6-46a9-ace1-a5939d09e97f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274242
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’s Herbarium [Ex Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)] Herbarium of New England Botanical Club ex dono E S Hoar
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Sorghastrum nutans (Linnaeus) Nash
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Sorghum nutans (Linnaeus) A. Gray
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyPoaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Muhlenbergia sp.
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label, crossed out]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Sorghum nutans (Linnaeus) A. Gray
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Sorghastrum nutans (Linnaeus) Nash
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) annotation on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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RemarksJournal 11(3): 147. 1858. “Sept. 6…On the hillside above Clamshell Ditch, grows that handsome grass of Sept. 1st (vide September 4th), evidently Sorghum nutans (Andropogon of Bigelow), chestnut beard grass, Indian grass, wood grass. It is much larger than what I saw before; is still abundantly in flower; four and a half feet high; leaves, perhaps arundinaceous, eighteen inches long; panicle, nine inches long.”]

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