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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Sphenopholis
Classification 1Poaceae: Eatonia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274244
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Lincoln
LocalityPleasant meadow, path by town bound
Date Collected1859-07-04
Elevation0 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fc0ef4b8-09a5-442f-87c7-4bb1040775e3
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274244
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 Sphenopholis obtusata (Michaux) Scribner
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2009-01-15
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eatonia obtusata (Michaux) A. Gray
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Sphenopholis obtusata var. lobata (Trinius) Scribner ex B. L. Robinson
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) on provenance label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Eatonia obtusata (Michaux) A. Gray
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Orig tiff [189MB]
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Remarkswell out but fresh [Pleasant Meadow is a Thoreau place name in Lincoln. acc. to Gleason (Th. Journ. XIV, map following p. 346. R. J. Eaton, 1968]

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