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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationJuncaceae: Juncus
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274023
Other Barcodes on Sheet00274024
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityprostrate juncus (of June 21 - & 29) up RR N[orth] side ditch above Plater's
Date Collected1860-07-07 [July 7 - 60]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/32e8b0bb-033b-4ed0-bdba-b8c6d6df2163
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274023
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’s Herb. [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
FamilyJuncaceae
Determination Juncus articulatus Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyJuncaceae
Determination Juncus articulatus var. obtusatus Engelmann
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) on provenance label]
FamilyJuncaceae
Determination Juncus sp.
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textprostrate Juncus My July 1st articulatus like but not erect tailless
FamilyJuncaceae
Determination Juncus sp.
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) transcription on sheet]
Annotation Textprostrate Juncus My July 1st articulatus like but not erect tailless
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [190MB]
Full Quality [29MB]
Remarks["The creeping juncus of June 21 (up RR) some out say July 1st j. articulatus-like -- yet not erect -- but creeping or ascendent" unpublished passage of Journal 13: July 7, 1860]

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