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Index of Botanical Specimens

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ClassificationEricaceae: Vaccinium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Barcode(s)<a href='specimen_search.php?barcode=00967057'>00967057</a>
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2cc15a21-9b97-4719-b50c-845b9f2e5dbd
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967057
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[V. corymbosum]

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ClassificationEricaceae: Vaccinium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Barcode(s)<a href='specimen_search.php?barcode=00967057'>00967057</a>
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/530f6508-1db5-48de-88ff-75339d3f9241
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967057
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[var. atrocarpum (leaves)]

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ClassificationEricaceae: Vaccinium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Barcode(s)<a href='specimen_search.php?barcode=00967057'>00967057</a>
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localitystringed by Trillium Wood
Remarks[Thoreau was in the habit of marked plants in the field he wanted to study using string. The plant he collected this specimen from appears to be referred to in an unpublished "to-do" list pasted into the endpaper of one of his Journal volumes that ends in the middle of his July 31, 1857 entry from his Maine trip. The list of things he wants to check includes one line that reads: "v[ide] leaves fruit of stringed blueberry edge Trillium wood" fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.) Dec. 21, 2018]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/00e371df-3461-4ce5-9d19-158b408f9b99
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967057
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum A. Gray
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[var. atrocarpum (flowers)]

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ClassificationEricaceae: Gaultheria
Classification 1Ericaceae: Chiogenes
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Barcode(s)<a href='specimen_search.php?barcode=00967057'>00967057</a>
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/cf99ba4b-4a52-4a3a-9529-4801d49a0218
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967057
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Gaultheria hispidula (Linnaeus) Muhlenberg
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Chiogenes hispidula (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Chiogenes hispidula]

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ClassificationEricaceae: Arctostaphylos
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Barcode(s)<a href='specimen_search.php?barcode=00967057'>00967057</a>
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f5ced554-5e81-4288-b3d3-752aaa03e4fb
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967057
HerbariumGH
FamilyEricaceae
Determination Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (Linnaeus) Sprengel
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

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