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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCaryophyllaceae: Paronychia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872724
CollectorW. T. Kittredge
Collector number1604
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Medford
LocalityBoston Basin Ecoregion: Mystic River Watershed. Middlesex Fells Reservation, west side of Pine Hill, trail cutoff between Quarry Road and road to Wright’s Tower, top edge of quarry, GPS 42.4325N, 71.1048W
Date Collected2009-07-24
Habitatgrowing on bare soil of flat trail edges, high full shade, fine sandy to gravelly brown loam (grus)
ContainerPlants of Massachusetts
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fe3888da-f1ad-470b-97d3-dfd8ed8da225
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872724
HerbariumNEBC
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Determination Paronychia canadensis (Linnaeus) Alph. Wood
Determination Remarks [filed under] [label name] [current name]
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarksca. 30 plants, 20 in one 1 square m. patch, more common on south end of Whip Hill along Crystal Spring Trail. Number of plants varies from very few up to 50 from year to year. Associates: Acer saccharum, Alliaria petiolata,Betula lenta, Carex rosea, Deschampsia flexuosa, Eurybia divaricata, Ostrya virginiana, Poa nemoralis, Quercus rubra, Solidago arguta, S. caesia

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