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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Poa
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274238
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
LocalityGreat Meadows edges & of river
Date Collected1859-07-07
Elevation0 m
Vernacular Name(fowl - meadow) [grass]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/be0006be-f6b2-45ed-9f09-ec7073d55874
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274238
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 Poa triflora Gilibert
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) on provenance label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Poa serotina Ehrhart ex Hoffmann
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Poa serotina Ehrhart ex Hoffmann
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Poa palustris Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2009
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarksjust begun ["JUly 7. P. M. - To Great Meadows. . . On the first, or westerly, part of the Great Meadows, i.e. the firmer parts and the bank, I find, mixed with sedges of various different kinds, much red-top (coloring the surface extensively), fowl meadow (just begun to bloom, and of a purplish lead-color, taller than the red-top) . . . " Journal 12: 224. 1859]

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