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…
Category: Research
This is the category for research related posts from the herbarium and conservation.
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…
Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast
The GO-TO GUIDE forWildflower Hunting in Your State Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast describes and illustrates 1,250 species commonly encountered in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Washington D.C.,…
The Backstory of Little Sweet Betsy
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC Herbarium. On a recent Sunday in late March, my husband and I left a neighborhood potluck and headed to RDU for Mark’s 3 p.m….
Emma Wilson – 2018-19 Fred and Virginia Houk Sustainability Intern
This month’s shout out is Emma Wilson, the 2018-19 Fred and Virginia Houk Sustainability Intern! Emma has helped to keep the Garden on track with sustainability goals and has jumped…
Hannah Medford – 2018 Charles T. Mohr Intern
Hannah Medford, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Class of 2019 majoring in Biology and English, is the Charles T. Mohr Intern in the University of North Carolina Herbarium…
Dan Meyers – 2018 Mary McKee Felton Intern
Dan Meyers, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill class of 2021, is majoring in Quantitative Biology, and minoring in Chemistry & Entrepreneurship. He is from Holly Springs, Wake County,…
Discovering the Campus-to-Garden Trail
Now that there is safe passage for pedestrians at the Old Mason Farm Rd./Fordham Blvd. intersection in Chapel Hill, we invite you to experience the Campus-to-Garden Trail through our Coker…
Moss Madness Coming to Chapel Hill
by Carol Ann McCormick, Herbarium Curator While Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill may experience… ahem… friendly competition during March Madness on basketball courts, the staff of the Sarah P. Duke…
Dear Friends of the Herbarium,
It seems I am overdue in describing the many exciting goings-on at the UNC Herbarium—so let me remedy that situation with this letter! As I write, on May 12th, the…