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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Poa
Classification 1Poaceae: Eatonia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274239
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityat Well meadow in shade prevailing there
Date Collected1860-07-01
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9f0d857c-6a6c-4deb-b323-dae22f88ac34
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274239
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 Poa trivialis Linnaeus
Determined by[annotation on sheet]
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eatonia pennsylvanica (de Candolle) A. Gray
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eatonia pennsylvanica (de Candolle) A. Gray
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarksin p. [in prime] v. [vide = see] July 10 [Journal 13(8): 396. 1860: "July 10. 2 P. M. To Pleasant Meadow via Lincoln Bridge...I find in this mud-hole a new grass, Eatonia pensylvanica, two and a half feet high." Unpublished Journal passage for July 1, 1860, "What is the prevailing grass of Well Meadow now? It is not the Trisetum palustre [Sphenopholis pensylvanica]? Call it Eatonia pennsylvanica [Sphenopholis pensylvanica]? or palustris -- No No"]

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