(15 September 1847 – 5 February 1928)5 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates a single fungus collected by Flora Wambaugh Patterson: Cyphella cupressi collected “from…
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Further Afield: Caraway Creek Preserve in Randolph County
by Carol Ann McCormick Curatrix, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) On a recent Sunday in October it was chilly in the early morning but the forecast…
Wandering with Whitlow-wort: what do flowers and fingernails have in common?
by Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) Several years ago Mark and I headed on a road trip as our…
Margaret Sallie Briles Colvert
(8 April 1908 – 17 July 1988)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 16 vascular plant specimens collected by Margaret Sallie Briles Colvert. She…
Maria Skirmunt Twardowska
(1858 – 15 November 1907) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates 47 fungal specimens collected by Maria Twardowska; as cataloging continues it is possible that…
A New Violet for the Southeastern United States
by Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix of the University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU) ORCID: 0000-0003-3785-8433 In July 2024 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) hosted…
Kenneth Starr Chester
21 July 1906 – February 1969 4,5 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has only a handful of fungal specimens collected by Kenneth Starr Chester. His…
Frederick W. Case, Jr.
(16 February 1927 – 12 January 2011) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has catalogued approximately 20 of Frederick W. Case, Jr.’s vascular plant specimens….
Pamela Burns-Balogh
14 January 1949 – 6 August 2021 1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 200 vascular plant specimens collected by Pamela E. Burns Balogh.2 …
Jumping the Gap with Northern Wireweed
by Zachary Bradford Chesapeake Bay Region Steward, Virginia Natural Heritage Program It’s an October tradition for the Virginia Natural Heritage Program’s southeastern stewardship staff to harvest longleaf pine (Pinus palustris)…