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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBetulaceae: Alnus
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872941
Other Barcodes on Sheet; ;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMaine
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Maine: Piscataquis County: Chesuncook
LocalityCaucomgomoc ["J. Parker Huber in his The Wildest Country a Guide to Thoreau's Maine (1981, page 48) pinpoints the site of Thoreau's camp that day on the southern side of the river right where it empties into Chesuncook Lake" fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.)]
Date Collected1857
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7e590302-17ac-40db-92a8-913d03de4f06
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872941
HerbariumGH
FamilyBetulaceae
Determination Alnus incana subsp. rugosa (Du Roi) R. T. Clausen
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyBetulaceae
Determination Alnus incana (Linnaeus) Moench
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[A. incana]
Remarks["The river [Caucomgomoc River] came from Caucomgomoc Lake, about ten miles further up. ... Rambling about the woods at this camp, I noticed that they consisted chiefly of firs, black spruce, and some white, red maple, canoe-birch, and along the river, the hoary alder, Alnus incana." Maine Woods 201-202. 1972 edition, and unpublished passage for Journal July 26, 1857]

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