Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Poaceae: Muhlenbergia
Classification 1	Poaceae: Sporobolus
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00274215
Collector	H. D. Thoreau
Country	United States of America
State	Massachusetts
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Locality	Shattucks merrick's p[asture]
Date Collected	[Sep 16]
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/45e28dc9-ab2b-400d-82f2-8cbb5a529e17
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00274215
Herbarium	NEBC
Previous ownership	Thoreau’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
Family	Poaceae
Determination	Muhlenbergia uniflora (Muhlenberg) Fernald
Determined by	[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on sheet]
Determination Remarks	[filed under] [current name]
Family	Poaceae
Determination	Sporobolus serotinus A. Gray
Determined by	[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks	[label name]
Annotation Text	[Sporob]olus serotinus [wh]ich I have called E. [Eragrostis] capillaris The Dew Grass (of some)
Family	Poaceae
Determination	Sporobolus uniflorus (Muhlenberg) Scribner & Merrill
Determined by	[annotation on provenance label]
Family	Poaceae
Determination	Sporobolus serotinus A. Gray
Determined by	[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Annotation Text	which I have called E. capillaris The dew grass of me
Sex	not determined
Phenology	NotDetermined
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed


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Remarks

["Lowell to Boston and Concord. Leaving Lowell at 7 A. m. in the cars . . one species of grass, which grew in narrow curving lines and small patches along the edges of the meadows or lowest ground, - a grass with very fine stems and branches . . .is probably the Sporobolus serotinus, almost the only, if not the only, grass there in its prime...It grows on the higher parts of the meadows, where other herbage is thin.. . Also saw it the 16th." Journal 14(2): 76-77. Sept. 10, 1860]