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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Asteraceae: Taraxacum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00872924
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Maine
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Maine: Piscataquis County: Chesuncook
Locality	Chesuncook [Lake]
Date Collected	1853 [[Sept.]]
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/aa491692-63b7-4f30-9db4-a9172cccf9aa
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00872924
Herbarium	GH
Family	Asteraceae
Determination	Taraxacum dens-leonis Desfontaines
Determination Remarks	[is label name]
Family	Asteraceae
Determination	Taraxacum officinale F. H. Wiggers
Determined by	Kittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined	2017
Determination Remarks	[is Current name]
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed

Remarks

["After a dinner at which applesauce was the greatest luxury I walked over the cleared land to the woods 1/3 of a mile S & through them easterly down the hill to the shore of the lake -- following the shore back to the house -- Observing the plants -- There was in the open land the common dandelion .... " Journal 7: 74. 18 Sept.1874,and unpublished passage "Taraxacum dens-leonis (common dandelion), Smith's 1853, only there. Is it not foreign?" Ansel Smith (1815-1879) lived on the east side of Chesuncook Lake opposite Gero Island in the lake fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.) 24 Oct.2018]