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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 palustris Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2009
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
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 [label name]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Poa serotina Ehrhart ex Hoffmann
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
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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