(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…
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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…
Walking with Walter and William
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) On the last Sunday in October, 2022, my husband suggested we take a walk at Weymouth…
Lichen Updates: new name and new county records
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) In a recent e-newsletter article Herbarium Associate Gary Perlmutter described finding Crimson Frosted Palmetto Lichen (Arthonia…
John White Chickering, Jr.
(1831-1913) Special thanks to the following individuals for providing information on J.W. Chickering, Jr.: Jane Rutherford, Reference & Instructional Librarian of Gallaudet University, and Scott Martin, for information on Chickering’s…
New Lichens in The Old North State
by Gary Perlmutter, Lichenologist & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium Associate and Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium …
Hiden Toy Cox, Jr.
(3 March 1917 – 27 March 2000)1 Information compiled in 2017 by Carol Ann McCormick,Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium. Special thanks to Nicole Wallace,…
William Wirt Calkins
(29 May 1842– 9 July 1914) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates both vascular plants and lichens collected by William Wirt Calkins. All six vascular…
Stanley Adair Cain
(19 June 1902- 1 April 1995) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about a dozen specimens collected by Stanly A. Cain. As only a fraction…
Mary Gwendolyn Burton Caldwell
(22 May 1917 – 18 June 2005) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged 29 vascular plant specimens and 16 mycological specimens collected by Mary…