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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationSparganiaceae: Sparganium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967194
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
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/56eaf32f-91f8-485c-a047-2ab411f1ffaa
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967194
HerbariumGH
FamilySparganiaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Sparganium simplex Hudson
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilySparganiaceae
Determination Sparganium americanum Nuttall
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Sparganium simplex]

ClassificationLemnaceae: Lemna
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967194
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Barnstable County: Truro
LocalityTruro
Date Collected1855
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8398f586-ead9-402e-b83f-88217cce01bd
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967194
HerbariumGH
FamilyLemnaceae
Determination Lemna minor Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is label name] [is Current name]
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[Lemna minor]
Remarks[“July 8. . . Went over to Bay side. That pond at Pond Village three eighths of a mile long and densely filled with cat-tail flag seven feet high. . . Lemna minor, duckweed, duck-meat, covering the surface at the pond, - scale-like.” Journal 7: 434-436. 1855]

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