Title
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
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