(16 July 1891 – 13 February 1979 ) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates over 800 specimens collected by Oliver Myles Freeman. As our collection continues…
Oliver Myles Freeman
Category: Research
This is the category for research related posts from the herbarium and conservation.
Video: Bringing Back Piedmont Prairies
Our region, the southeastern Piedmont, is one of the fastest-growing population centers in the country. Historically, much of the Piedmont was covered by prairies – some with scattered trees…
Eno/New Hope Conservation Plan Released
A Landscape Plan for Wildlife Habitat Connectivity in the Eno River and New Hope Creek Watersheds, North Carolina. The Eno-New Hope Landscape Conservation Plan was produced by a collaboration among local…
Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast wins National Outdoor Book Award
2019 NATIONAL OUTDOOR BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED A gripping tale of a kayak voyage across the Pacific. A consummate biography of the great conservationist George Bird Grinnell. A thought provoking…
Don’t get caught without one!
The North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc. and the Friends of Plant Conservation (FoPC) are teaming up to offer a new North Carolina license plate featuring the Venus flytrap (Dionaea…
Staying on Mission with Restoration
Fort Bragg stretches across 251 square miles of the North Carolina Sandhills, and is the home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces. The bustle of the base is made…
Carnivorous Conservation
Native only to a 90-mile inland radius around Wilmington, the Venus flytrap is a symbol of the Atlantic coastal plain’s unique ecology — and a contender for the federal endangered…
Fighting Fire with Fire
The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s prescribed fire program was featured in endeavors, the research magazine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Click to view and read this…
Logan Clark – 2019 North Carolina Botanical Garden Award
Under the direction of Dr. Matt Estep, Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, Logan Clark receives 2019 North Carolina Botanical Garden Award for his work entitled: Blazing New…
Alyssa Chen – 2019 C. Ritchie Bell Award
As a chainsaw-wielding AmeriCorps member in the woods of southeastern North Carolina last summer, Alyssa Chen gained memorable and transformative experience in boots-on-the-ground conservation. Those seven weeks of embracing the…