Dean W. Taylor's investigation of California Geological Survey Specimens

Since Dean Taylor passed away in 2020, these data are to be considered archived and will not be regularly updated.

Please note that this database used to display specimens from CAS, DS, RSA and POM. However, since the creation of CCH2, the accession numbers of these collections have changed to barcodes. As a result, the accession in Dean's database no longer link to specimens. In the future, Dean's database will be updated to link his notes to the corrected CCH2 accession numbers for these records.

Henry Bolander
photo of party from Up and Down
Collection number: 1655
Current name: Carex bolanderi Olney
Field Book name: Carex Deweyana Bolanderi Boott.
Field Book data: p. 249 Yosemite Valley, 4000 ft, June 18, 1863
Notes (Field Book): In small ravine in upper part of valley. Not abundant.
Collector: William H. Brewer
Collection date: 18 Jun 1863
Taylor notes:
Accession numbers: UC793 NY345518 DS55391 GH98059 MO3091915
State: CA
County: Mariposa
Camp number: 114
Place: Yosemite Valley
Location description: Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, placed near the present day location of Yosemite Village at the base of Yosemite Falls
Elevation (estimated): 4000 ft
Coordinates: 37.74816 -119.59018
Notes: "The protologue reads "California, Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big-tree Grove, Brewer, 1665; Dr.Wm. Hillebrand, 2313 ; Bolander, 6201, 6209.". Brewer 1665 is a specimen of Ceanothus, and the Brewer number is correctly 1655."
Curatorial notes:
Publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 7:393. 1868

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