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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Asteraceae: Solidago
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00872787
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Massachusetts
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality	at [Aster] Radula Swamp
Date Collected	1856-08-10
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/46f9822e-6b29-4e8b-b3dd-d6af29f7b223
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00872787
Herbarium	GH
Family	Asteraceae
Determination	Solidago uliginosa Nuttall
Determined by	Eaton, Richard Jefferson
Date Determined	1972-01-16
Determination Remarks	[current name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed

Remarks

[“in a yet-to-be-published passage from his Journal for August 10, 1856 he refers to his specimen: “In the [Aster] radula swamp some days a very smooth upright Solidago -- with small somewhat appressed entire thickish leaves above (Perhaps what I have called [Solidago] puberula though as before no {mealiness} or down!) some in Moore’s Swamp -- v[ide] Aug 12 ’56 The lowest like S. stricta-- Panicle {drawing} v[ide] press” fide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 15 May 2014]