F. R. Fosberg field book 52, begin with # 39420, end with # 39650

Title Variants

Alternative: Collection and Field Note Book No. 52, April 24, 1958 -- Oct. 19, 1958 (39420 - 39650)

Related Titles

Contained In: F. Raymond Fosberg field notes from the Department of Botany

Series: SIA Acc. 12-040

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1958

Notes

English

An inserted table of contents contains a full listing of localities and corresponding collector numbers. This field book contains a specimen list of botanical specimens collected by F. R. Fosberg from 24 April to 19 October 1958 on Marshall Islands, Canada, Virginia, District of Columbia, Indiana, New York, and West Virginia. Collector numbers 39420-39650 are included. Specimen list includes scientific name, date, locality, collector number, with occasional notes on locality or physical descriptions of specimens (size, color, etc.) Longer narrative notes documenting vegetation in the various localities are also included. Localities include but are not limited to: Kwajalein, Jaluit, Mejatto, Jabor, Pingelap (Marshall Islands); Timberlake, Fairfax, Shenandoah National Park; and Great Falls (Virginia). A botanical specimen in an envelope labeled "Compound stipulus of Caesalpinia from Jaluit" can be found between pages 98 and 99. A typed report on a field trip to Pine Hills, Indiana, with corresponding map can be found between pages 164 and 165. An information sheet from Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario including map can be found between pages 170 and 171.

Subjects

Botany , Canada , District of Columbia , Field notes , Indiana , Jaluit , Kwajalein , Maps , Marshall Islands , New York , Ontario , Shenandoah National Park , United States , Virginia , West Virginia

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97964
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51471642