by Carol Ann McCormick*, John Gaskin, Ph.D.#, and Mark Schwarzlaender, Ph.D. % In late May 2021, Suzanne Cadwell, all-around naturalist and avid contributor to iNaturalist, got a message from Dr….
Category: UNC Herbarium
Rebecca Ward Reynolds
(b. 2 October 1907 – 18 November 2001) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 20 vascular plant specimens and 11 bryophyte specimens collected by…
Eugène Poilane
(16 March 1888 – 30 April 1964) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates 19 fungal specimens and 3 vascular plant specimens collected by Eugène Poilane. As our…
John Lewis Sheldon
(10 November 1865 – 17 January 1947)8 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates few specimens collected by John Lewis Sheldon, who usually signed his labels…
The Search for Moose Haven: On the Trail of Rev. Hugh O’Neill
by R. Kevan Schoonover McClelland, doctoral student, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill One Wednesday afternoon, I was going through my specimens of blue curls…
Devoted to Dalea
by J. Brandon Fuller, doctoral student in Environment, Ecology & Energy Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill There is something about inconspicuous beauty that begs to be admired….
Enchantress along the Eno
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium On a recent Sunday in June, my husband and I decided to take a walk at the Confluence Natural Area. We arrived…
A Carolina Onion from Asia
by Scott Zona, botanist, co-editor of PALMS, the journal of the International Palm Society, and research collaborator with the Herbarium of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Photo: Allium…
Ferdinand Blanchard
(8 November 1851- 18 December 1892) “Earth is so full of things to know and see From Northern Lights to animanculae” The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium…
Paul James Philson
(20 August 1905 – 14 February 1998) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 50 specimens collected by Paul James Philson, who always signed…