Details - Merritt Lyndon Fernald plant lists and field notes predominantly related to Gaspe Peninsula collecting trips

Merritt Lyndon Fernald plant lists and field notes predominantly related to Gaspe Peninsula collecting trips

Title

Merritt Lyndon Fernald plant lists and field notes predominantly related to Gaspe Peninsula collecting trips

Related Titles

Contained In: Merritt Lyndon Fernald papers, 1887-1951, bulk 1887-1934

Related/Analytical: Coreopsis, some details derived from the revision by Sherff, undated

Series: Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project

Series: Gaspe Peninsula Collecting Trips project

External Resources

Collection guide: Merritt Lyndon Fernald papers, 1887-1951, bulk 1887-1934. Harvard University Botany Libraries

By

Fernald, Merritt Lyndon, 1873-1950 , author

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Collection

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Consists of several items including handwritten notes on collecting trips, notes on various plants, and lists of herbarium specimens to study in Paris, the British Museum, and at the Linnean Society. A list of hay fever plants in New England gives common and Latin names and dates of pollination. Most of the items are undated. The only dated material are the first item, In the Summer of 1905; and List of Hay Fever Plants in New England, dated 1928. Also included are notes Fernald took on Coreopsis.

New England botanists, Merritt Lyndon Fernald of Harvard University and James Franklin Collins, of Brown University, often made short summer trips to the Gaspe area beginning in 1904 and continuing through 1923. Other noted botanists joined them on these trips which yielded new and interesting plant material. The Gaspe Peninsula Collecting Trips Project is a composite of materials from several archival collections and consists of field notes, maps, photographs, correspondence, and other items. The material provides insights into the challenges of early 20th century plant collecting, documents the flora of the region, and is frequently consulted by researchers interested in the Gaspe region.