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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRosaceae: Rosa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872507
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ; ; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/33670267-bfbd-4b95-88b5-dd59d4df6277
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872507
HerbariumGH
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Rosa virginiana Miller
Determined byAngelo, Raymond Louis
Date Determined2018-12-20
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
Annotation Text"The two flowering specimen closest to the upper right corner with multiple flowers, large leaflets, and glandular stipules and pedicels is Rosa virginiana."
Determination
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Rosa lucida var. nitida?] [two specimens with multiple flower heads in upper right corner]

ClassificationRosaceae: Rosa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872507
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ; ; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e291ee05-f68c-4e7b-9bc0-788623ab8e08
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872507
HerbariumGH
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Rosa nitida Willdenow
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textfide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 29 March 2017
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Rosa lucida Ehrhart
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextR. Lucida what var.?
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Rosa lucida what var.?]

ClassificationRosaceae: Rosa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872507
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: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityJesse Hosmer's
Date Collected1856-09-02
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e3b40451-9fa0-4fa0-b7e4-7a8bf5ce210d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872507
HerbariumGH
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Rosa virginiana Miller
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textfide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 29 March 2017
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Jesse Hosmers]
Remarks["In a pile of stones by the hickory wall op[posite] the Jesse Hosmer farm -- about 5 or 6 rods on 3d mile from road -- a rose not a sweet-briar--perhaps a var of Lucida -- with large pear shaped hips -- a little convex in the slope {drawing} -- crowned with large persistent Calyx lobes -- these, the fruit & peduncles glandular bristly -- 2 to 3 flowers together -- Leaves glossy large tooth smooth both sides -- with very wide (1/2 inch) stipules -- & very large persistent prickles only now to the stem." unpublished passage for Journal Sept. 2, 1856]

ClassificationRosaceae: Rosa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872507
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ; ; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateVermont
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Vermont: Windham County: Brattleboro
LocalityConn River Brattleboro
Date Collected1856-09-**
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/cbf70621-cdec-4c28-a0dc-1df4928c3770
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872507
HerbariumGH
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Rosa sp.
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Conn River Brattleboro]
Remarks[“Sept. 6. At Brattleboro. . . A.M. – Walked down the railroad about a mile returning partly by river-bank. . . Pluck some rose leaves by Connecticut (vide press), with now smooth, somewhat pear-shaped hips; not a sweet-brier.” Journal 9: 62-63. 1856]

ClassificationRosaceae: Rosa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872507
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ; ; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6420a018-47cf-476a-b689-be3190a3a78f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872507
HerbariumGH
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Rosa carolina Linnaeus
Determined byAngelo, Raymond Louis
Date Determined2018-12-20
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Text"The three specimen in a diagonal with mostly solitary flowers and small leaflets is Rosa carolina."
Determination
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Rosa lucida var. nitida?] [three flowering specimens in diagonal line from upper left corner to right margin of sheet]

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