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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationUrtica: Urticaceae
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00872981
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateVermont
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Vermont: Windham County: Brattleboro
Localitynear station Brattleboro
Date Collected [[Sept. 1856]]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/1aacd4c7-8fa4-48be-85cf-087ebe38807c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00872981
HerbariumGH
FamilyUrticaceae
Determination Urtica dioica subsp. gracilis (Aiton) Selander
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyUrticaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Urtica dioica Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyUrticaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Urtica gracilis Aiton
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Urtica gracilis]
Remarks["Was that not urtica gracilis? (U[rtica] gracilis not given by Oakes)6 or 7 feet high near the Depot leaves narrow & not heartshaped." unpublished passage from Journal Sept. 6, 1856, referring to the Catalogue of of Vermont Plants by William Oakes in 1852, fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.), Jan. 25, 2019]

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