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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Ericaceae: Gaylussacia
Complex Object	This is a complex collection object (4 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00967053
Other Barcodes on Sheet	; ; ;
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	Gowing's swamp
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e2c63dea-5dcd-467f-a64f-c29fd0ecf90a
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00967053
Herbarium	GH
Family	Ericaceae
Determination	Gaylussacia dumosa var. hirsuta (W. T. Aiton) A. Gray
Determination Remarks	[is label name]
Family	Ericaceae
Determination	Gaylussacia bigeloviana (Fernald) Sorrie & Weakley
Determination Remarks	[is Current name]
Annotation Text	fide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 14 June 2017
Subcollection	Thoreau Herbarium
Phenology	FlowerAndFruit
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed
Description	[Gaylussacia dumosa var. hirtella]

Remarks

[“July 2. P. M. – To Gowing’s Swamp. . . The Gaylussacia dumosa var. hirtella, not quite yet in prime. This is commonly an inconspicuous bush, eight to twelve inches high, half prostrate over the sphagnum in which it grows, together with andromedas, European cranberry, etc., etc., but sometimes twenty inches high quite on the edge of the swamp. It has a very large and peculiar bell-shaped flower, with prominent ribs and a rosaceous tinge, and is not to be mistaken for the edible huckleberry or blueberry blossom. . . . Its segments are a little recurved. The calyx-segments are acute and pink at last; the racemes, elongated, about one inch long, one-sided; the corolla, narrowed at the mouth, but very wide above; the calyx, with its segments, pedicels, and the whole raceme (and indeed the leaves somewhat), glandular-hairy.” Journal 9: 465-466. 1857]