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.

Collection number: 1781 Current name: Carex vesicaria L. var. vesicaria Field Book name: Carex monile obtusisquamis Bailey Field Book data: p. 271 Camp 117 Soda Springs July 4th 1863 8680 ft Notes (Field Book): Carex. In water or very wet place by ponds. Fertile spikes brown, lighter colored when in the water. Collector: William H. Brewer Collection date: 4 Jul 1863 Taylor notes: Accession numbers: UC8016 MO3167624 State: CA County: Tuolumne Camp number: 117 Place: Tuolumne Meadows Location description: Soda Springs, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park Elevation (estimated): 8500 ft Coordinates: 37.88 -119.37 Notes: probably not UC70477, which is labeled Carex vesicaria var. major, but check. cited by W. Boott Carex, in Serano Watson, Botany of California 2:251. 1880. as C. monile Tuckerman as an unnamed var. gamma. Curatorial notes: Brewer 1781 also serves as the type of Carex vesicaria L. var. gamma W. Boott Publication: Carex Catalog