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  • Exhibiting dilemmas issues of representation at the Smithsonian edited by Amy Henderson and Adrienne L. Kaeppler

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    1997
  • Quercus velutina Lam.

    Collection Date
    4 Oct 1888
  • An old-fashioned Christmas : American holiday traditions / text by Karen Cure ; music selected & edited by Neely Bruce ; menu & recipe editor, Lois Brown

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    1984
  • Solidago erecta Pursh

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    Oct 1887
  • Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson

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    27 Mar 1954
  • Eleocharis obtusa (Willd.) Schult.

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    Jun 1905
  • Fuirena squarrosa Michx.

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    21 Jun 1894
  • Palpita magniferalis

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    5 Aug 2005
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    11 May 1945
  • Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

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    2 Aug 1915

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