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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationSalicaceae: Salix
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967019
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
LocalityMonroe's garden ["Francis Munroe (1817-1870). He lived on the opposite side of the street as the Thoreau family" fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.) 20 Jan. 2019]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/29cfef77-6166-4201-b5f7-cbdb373cae3c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967019
HerbariumGH
FamilySalicaceae
Determination Salix purpurea Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[S. purpurea]
Remarks[“May 3. . . Salix purpurea in Monroe’s garden effete. Apparently blooms with our early willows; say 10th of April?” Journal 10: 395. 1858. "In Monroes garden what Flood calls the Gray osier -- which came as a with[e] about some trees -- is ap.[parently] the S.[alix] purpurea of [Asa] Gray." unpulbished passage from Journal May 28, 1857]

ClassificationSalicaceae: Salix
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967019
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
LocalityWheeler Gate [Samuel Greene Wheeler "Wheeler's residence is marked on the Gleason map near the new Stone Bridge across the Sudbury River near Lee's Hill." fide R. L. Angleo (in litt.) 20 Jan. 2019]
Date Collected1857-05-10
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6a1e4fc0-4503-49f7-bcc9-1e0a99f691a3
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967019
HerbariumGH
FamilySalicaceae
Determination Salix petiolaris Smith
Determined byfide R. L. Angelo (in litt.) 20Jan. 2019]
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilySalicaceae
Determination Salix sp.
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[S. of Wheeler Gate]

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