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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationEricaceae: Corema
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872975
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Barnstable County: Truro
LocalityTruro
Date Collected1855
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/3282d677-16d9-4975-8093-15e30add315d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872975
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Corema conradii (Torrey) Torrey ex Loudon
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Truro]
Remarks[“July 8. . . The Corema conradii, broom crowberry, is quite common at edge of higher bank just south of the lighthouse. It is now full of small green fruit, small pinhead size. It spreads from a centre, raying out and rooting every four or five inches. It forms peculiar handsome-shaped mounds, four or five feet in diameter by nine inches or a foot high, very soft springy beds to lie on” Journal 7: 434-435. 1855]

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