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Our conservation department is growing sensitive jointvetch (Aeschynomene virginica) for restoration at Lake Mattamuskeet, in cooperation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service. This wildflower is a Federally Threatened member of the pea family that occurs in fresh and brackish tidal marshes from New Jersey down to North Carolina.
…University of North Carolina Herbarium, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 3. Ranger, L. Scott. “Parnassia asarifolia Ventenat 1804, grass-of-parnassus.” Scott Ranger’s Nature Notes [online blog]. http://www.scottranger.com/parnassia-asarifolia-grass-of-parnassus.html accessed 1 April 2021. …
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium The Couch Award is given to a senior biology major with interests in plant biology who has demonstrated the highest ideals of…
Edible Campus UNC is celebrating Earth Week by offering a new video each day, highlighting things students (and others!) can do to show the planet some love. Check back every…
After over a year without visitors, our DeBerry Gallery for Botanical Art & Illustration is back open and hosting a new exhibit. Survivors, a series of watercolor collages by Hillsborough…
We are deeply honored to be the the first-ever recipient of The American Horticultural Society’s new Garden Stewardship Award, which recognizes a public garden that embraces and exemplifies sustainable horticultural…
…F. Whigham, and John P. O’Neill. 2012. Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture. Molecular Ecology 21: 1511-1523. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05468.x https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/pnw_2012_mccormick001.pdf Top photo: Aplectrum hyemale by Alan M. Cressler…
by Van Cotter, Herbarium Research Associate, UNC-CH Herbarium (NCU); Suzanne Cadwell, Director, ITS-Educational Technologies; Dan Meyers, Corbin Bryan, and Davis Upchurch, Undergraduates UNC-CH On April 17-18, the North Carolina Botanical…
by Van Cotter, Herbarium Research Associate, UNC at CH Herbarium (NCU) and John S. Gibbs, Willow Spring, North Carolina Thanks to the dedicated mycological exploration by the junior author, who…
If you visit our display gardens in the next few months, you’ll notice some construction underway. We’re making improvements to the main entrance walkway from our parking lot down to the Allen Education Center. Both the walkway and breezeway will be paved, stone seating will be installed, and more.