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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Ericaceae: Vaccinium
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (4 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00967056
Other Barcodes on Sheet	; ; ;
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: Barnstable County: Provincetown
Locality	Mount Ararat, Provincetown
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/3914a6f9-8a66-4084-9344-8d13ee138767
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00967056
Herbarium	GH
Family	Ericaceae
Determination	Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton
Determined by	Kittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined	2017
Determination Remarks	[current name]
Family	Ericaceae
Determination	Vaccinium pensylvanicum Lamarck
Determination Remarks	[label name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[Mt. Ararat Provincetown]

Remarks

[“June 21. . . At East Harbor River, as I sat on the Truro end of the bridge . . . Soon after crossing the bridge, I turned off and ascended Mt. Ararat. . . on the other, the west, side, a few valleys and hills, densely clothed with a short, almost moss-like (to look down at) growth of huckleberry, blueberry, bear-berry, josh-pear (which is so abundant in Provincetown), bayberry, rose, checkerberry, and other bushes, and beyond, the Bay. All these bushes formed an even and dense covering to the sand-hills” Journal 9: 451-452. 1857]