Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
PH-LC 104 |
Object Name |
Specimen |
Title |
Holodiscus discolor |
Other Name |
Creambush Oceanspray |
Collector |
Meriwether Lewis & William Clark |
Date |
1806 |
Description |
The type specimens were collected near Kamiah in Idaho Co., Idaho, on 29 May 1806 (Cutright, 1969: 420). The species does not seem to be discussed although it is possible that references to "seven bark" by Lewis on 5 Jun might apply to Holodiscus rather than Physocarpus as suggested by Moulton (1991: 335, 337). The rationale for this is that the label states "A Shrub growing much in the manner of Nine bark." This statement implies Lewis knew the common name, nine bark, and that it was different from the plant he found "On the waters of [the] Kooskooskee." (The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002) On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia |
Label |
Starting in 1803, Merriwether Lewis (APS 1803) and William Clark embarked on a 3 year expedition along the Missouri and Columbia rivers to the Pacific Coast. They collected hundreds of plant specimens to carry back to the East Coast. They pressed these plants, attached them to sheets of paper and wrapped them in oilskin to survive the long journey intact. Lewis and Clark collected this specimen of Holodiscus discolor, commonly called Oceanspray, on May 29th 1806 in Kamiah, Idaho during their return journey from the Pacific coast. Oceanspray can be commonly found in the Pacific Northwest and along the Pacific coast. It used by many communities along the west coast but there are no documented uses of it by communities along the Clearwater River in Idaho, where this specimen was collected. |
Credit line |
American Philosophical Society. Gift of Thomas Jefferson, 1805 - 1806. |
Search Terms |
19th century botany Clark herbarium Lewis nineteenth century plant specimen |
Collection |
The Lewis & Clark Herbarium |