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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Aristida
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274115
Other Barcodes on Sheet00274116
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityR.R. ["On the railroad between tracks above Red House, Aristida dichotoma, half a dozen inches high, hardly yet out; forked aristida, or poverty grass."]
Date Collected1858-09-07
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/506c6042-5a0c-4a4f-bc06-861ebc297438
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274115
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 Aristida dichotoma Michaux
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Aristida dichotoma Michaux
Determined by[annotation on sheet]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Aristida dichotoma Michaux
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [24MB]
Remarkshardly out [locality from Thoreau's Journal 11(3): 150-151]

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