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: 2026 Current name: Sphenosciadium capitellatum A. Gray Field Book name: Sphenosciadium capitellatum Gray Field Book data: p. 304 Ebbett's Pass, Aug 3rd, 1863 8500 Notes (Field Book): Sphenosciadium capitellatum 5 feet high. Fl. in heads. Pedicel very wooly. By stream. Collector: William H. Brewer Collection date: 3 Aug 1863 Taylor notes: Accession numbers: UC21463 GH77819 State: CA County: Alpine Camp number: 132 Place: Ebbett's Pass Location description: Ebbett's Pass region, along Silver Creek, watershed of East Fork Carson River at Silver Mountain townsite Elevation (estimated): 6700 ft Coordinates: 38.559949 -119.77 Notes: Curatorial notes: "The protologue reads: "In the Sierra Nevada, near Ebbett's pass, alt. 7-8,000 feet, by a stream; in flower. Nevada, near Carson City, Dr. C.L. Anderson; with fruit."" Publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6: 537. 1865.