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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267954
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County
LocalitySawmill Brook [Concord and Lincoln. Thoreau went to Flints Pond in Lincoln on this date]
Date Collected1859-06-02
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/dd830fd5-545a-4ff2-8f12-8da3b218967f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267954
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’s Herb. [Ex Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)] Herbarium of Edward S. Hoar. Presented to the New England Botanical Club by Mrs. M. B. L. Bradford, 1912
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex blanda Dewey
Determined byWiegand, Karl McKay
Date Determined1922
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex laxiflora Lamarck
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Date Determined1989
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextSawmill Brook var. of C. laxiflora fewer flowered & broader leaved & later
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex laxiflora var. blanda (Dewey) Boott
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex laxiflora Lamarck
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Annotation Textvar. of Carex laxiflora
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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