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: 1813 Current name: Carex douglasii Boott. Field Book name: Carex Douglasii Boott. Field Book data: p. 275 Camp 120, valley by Mono Lake, July 7th, 1863. 6500 ft. Notes (Field Book): Carex. only the staminate plants seen these very abundant on the plain near camp. Collector: William H. Brewer Collection date: 7 Jul 1863 Taylor notes: Accession numbers: UC8023 UC198880 UC808 MO3091559 State: CA County: Mono Camp number: 120 Place: Mono Lake Location description: Pumice Valley, about 4 miles South of present day Lee Vining, near the Cain Ranch along lower reaches of Walker Creek southerly of Mono Lake Elevation (estimated): 6500 ft Coordinates: 37.91685 -119.09127 Notes: cited by Boott in S. Watson, Botany of California 2:231. 1880 as Carex douglasii Boott var. brunnea Olney, a synonym for C. praegracilis W. Boott Curatorial notes: