Maple

Plant · mentioned in 10 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
2 mentions via 2 variants: broad-leaved maple (1) · vine maple (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Bigleaf maple (Acer macrophyllum) Rocky Mountain Maple (Acer glabrum) Vine maple (Acer circinatum)
Missouri River near Vermillion area — John Ordway: August 22, 1804
John Ordway · Aug 22, 1804 · Missouri River near Vermillion area
"large timber below hills"
Clark: April 9, 1805
William Clark · Apr 9, 1805 · Departure from Fort Mandan, Missouri River
"has budded"
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 3, 1805
Patrick Gass · Nov 3, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"timber along river" — transcribed as maple
Clark: November 4, 1805
William Clark · Nov 4, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"species grows near river" — transcribed as maple
Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary — Patrick Gass: November 5, 1805
Patrick Gass · Nov 5, 1805 · Columbia River tidewater, approaching estuary
"growing in the bottoms" — transcribed as maple
Clark: November 30, 1805
William Clark · Nov 30, 1805 · Exploring for winter camp site, south shore of Columbia
"a species observed"
Clark: February 10, 1806
William Clark · Feb 10, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winged seed compared to maple" — transcribed as maple
Lewis: February 10, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Feb 10, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"winged seed compared to it" — transcribed as maple
Lewis: April 12, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Apr 12, 1806 · Columbia near The Dalles, trading for horses
"a species found near river" — transcribed as maple
Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area — Patrick Gass: September 18, 1806
Patrick Gass · Sep 18, 1806 · Missouri River through Kansas-Missouri area
"index reference" — transcribed as maple

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