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Charles Ronald Dillon

(31 January 1928 – 1 May 2020) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged a single vascular plant specimen, a seagrass, Zostera marina, collected by…

Richard Joel Reader

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates approximately 40 vascular plant specimens collected by Richard J. Reader while he was a doctoral student in the Ecology…

Announcing the FloraQuest: Northern Tier App

We are thrilled to announce the release of FloraQuest: Northern Tier, a new plant identification and discovery app from Alan Weakley and the Southeastern Flora Team covering more than 5,800…

Media Contact

The North Carolina Botanical Garden welcomes media inquiries relating to the Display Gardens, Coker Arboretum, Mason Farm Biological Reserve, Battle Park, Forest Theatre, and the UNC Herbarium. If you need an authoritative and scientifically credible source for your next article or news story, we have expertise in the fields of conservation biology, native plant horticulture, environmental education, and plant taxonomy.  To make a media inquiry, please contact:

Jennifer Peterson
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