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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Cinna
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274128
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County
Localityin Saw Mill brook [Concord/Lincoln boundary]
Date Collected1859-09-01
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b4d835bb-7fa9-489b-82ec-0c6bd3fc1c4c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274128
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownership[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 Cinna arundinacea Linnaeus
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Cinna arundinacea var. pendula (Trinius) A. Gray
Determined byEaton, Richard Jefferson
Date Determined1968
Annotation TextThoreau's label apparently reads "Cinaa arundinacea var. pendula (?
FamilyPoaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Cinna arundinacea var. pendula (Trinius) A. Gray
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[In his journal, he records visting Saw Mill Brook on Sept. 1 1859 R. J. Eaton '68. "Is that tall grass in Saw Mill brook -- slender tuft [drawing] & rather pendulous branches -- now hardly out there -- the Cinna arundinacea var pendula? v[ide] press." unpublished passage from Journal for September 1, 1859]

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