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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00967153
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: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality	up RR [Railroad] beyond mile post
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0329209a-7f21-44c6-8c76-67f8d56f8dc9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00967153
Herbarium	GH
Family	Asclepiadaceae
Determination	Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determination Remarks	[current name]
Annotation Text	fide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 26 June 2107
Family	Asclepiadaceae
Determination	Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks	[label name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[op. RR]

Remarks

["Then there is a common [kind of Asclepias] with many thick, elliptical, short-petioled leaves (up railroad, June 25); mucronated; stout-stemmed." Journal 6: 404. July 18, 1954]

Classification	Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00967153
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: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality	at Brooks crossing
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ec004394-47f8-4a0a-9b80-437b6e5ded57
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00967153
Herbarium	GH
Family	Asclepiadaceae
Determination	Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determination Remarks	[current name]
Annotation Text	fide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 26 June 2107
Family	Asclepiadaceae
Determination	Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks	[label name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[at brook crossing]

Remarks

["I notice two varieties (?), perhaps, of Asclepias Cornuti now out, one on the raiload meadow this side the Brooks Crossing, the other, beyond the first mile-post above." Journal 8: 400. July 5, 1856]