Featuring California vascular plant data from the Consortium of California Herbaria and other sources
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.
Collection number: 2164
Current name: Gentiana calycosa Griseb.
Field Book name: Gentiana calycosa Grisebach
Field Book data: August 28th Crossed the pass from Squaw Valley to Forest Hill. 8826 feet
Notes (Field Book): Corolla rich deep blue. Corolla twisted in the bud. Near summit on both sides of pass in wet sunny places. 8800 ft.
Collector: William H. Brewer
Collection date: 28 Aug 1863
Taylor notes:
Accession numbers: UC22752 UC22753 State: CA
County: Placer
Camp number: 142
Place: Squaw Valley
Location description: pass just south of Granite Chief. head of presend day Squaw Creek, Squaw Valley
Elevation (estimated): 8400 ft
Coordinates: 39.19478 -120.28
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