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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Bromus
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274122
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityPainted Cup meadow [base of Annursnack Hill]
Date Collected1860-07-28
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2fd54b01-8b2d-4660-a2e0-d3e695483801
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274122
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’s Herbarium [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
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Bromus ciliatus Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013-12-03
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Bromus ciliatus var. intonsus Fernald
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on sheet]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Bromus incanus (Shear) Hitchcock
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on provenance label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Bromus kalmii A. Gray
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit)]
Annotation Textof Gray
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Bromus sp.
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Bromus sp.
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [188MB]
Full Quality [28MB]
Remarksap [apparently] not quite [in flower] ["Also on S. W. part of Paint cup meadow a bromus--ap. of different species from that seen here the 22 (& maybe same with Pratt's) it being fewer flowered in the spikes -- flower spikes more slender -- & outwardly smooth green yet with very broad leaves which with the sheathes are more hairy than the other -- This smooth one has the lower glume one nerved the upper 3 -- while the other had 3 nerves in each & belonged no where in Gray. v press. It appears to be like the hairy one & not yet out." unpublished Journal passage for July 28, 1860]

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