Field notes, Osceola and Lyon counties, Iowa, 1899

Related Titles

Contained In: Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936

Series: SIA RU007082

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1899

Notes

The field notes document Bohumil Shimek's work in Osceola and Lyon counties, Iowa, 1899. Pages are numbered. Information is entered from back and front. Entries record vegetation seen during travel by rail, including types of trees They list abundance, appearance, age, use as wind breaks, and size, and descriptions of soil. From the other direction includes a list of native tree at Rock Rapids, July 14, 1899 and a list of groves of trees in Lyon county with descriptions and observations about terrain.

Subjects

Botany , Field notes , Iowa , Lyon , Osceola , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.149566