Collection and Field Note Book No. 79, May 10, 1966 -- Aug. 2, 1966 (47772 - 48013) Search this
Collection name:
F. Raymond Fosberg field notes from the Department of Botany
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Main Library
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Virginia
France
District of Columbia
Costa Rica
Panama
Date Range:
1966
Start Date:
19660510
End Date:
19660802
Abstract:
An inserted table of contents contains a full listing of localities and corresponding collector numbers. This field book contains a specimen list of botanical specimens collected by F. R. Fosberg from 10 May to 2 August 1966 in Panama, Costa Rica, Virginia, District of Columbia, and France. Collector numbers 47772-48013 are included. Specimen list includes scientific name, date, locality, collector number, with occasional notes on locality or physical descriptions of specimens (size, color, etc.) Some longer narrative notes document vegetation in various localities. Some travel notes and landscape observations were made in West Virginia, Switzerland,and Austria. Inserted between pages 86 and 87 is a roughly drawn map, possibly created in Switzerland, indicating topography and vegetation.
