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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Caprifoliaceae: Viburnum
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (6 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00872645
Other Barcodes on Sheet	; ; ; ; ;
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	New Jersey
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Jersey: Middlesex County
Locality	Perth Amboy
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a97baaab-f6ff-4b14-898e-6ab6cb8c7f7b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00872645
Herbarium	GH
Family	Caprifoliaceae
Determination	InQuestion Viburnum prunifolium Linnaeus
Determination Remarks	[label name] [current name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Sterile
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[V. Prunifolium?

Remarks

[“Arrived at Eagleswood, Perth Amboy, Saturday, 5 P. M., October 25th. . . Oct. 26. Sunday. An abundance of a viburnum making thickets in dry woods and ravines and set out about houses, now full of edible fruit that of V. nudum, and also of leaves. At first was inclined to call it V. nudum, but beside that it bears an abundance of berries still, long after the V. nudum berries have fallen with us . . . it grows generally in dry woods and ravines and uplands; the leaf is quite thin, now reddened, of various forms; and the bush is quite thorny (!), in the woods making almost impenetrable thickets in many places, like a thorn bush, and gave me much trouble to cut through in surveying, as did the cat-brier. I think it must be the V. prunifolium, or black haw. It is quite ornamental, with its abundance of purple fruit, which tastes much like dates.” Journal 9: 134-135. 1856]