The January, 2021 issue of the NCBG e-newsletter had an article about a fungus new to North Carolina, Leratiomyces ceres, or “Chip Cherry.” Herbarium Associate Dr. Van Cotter has gone…
NEWSFLASH: Chip Cherry Update
Category: UNC Herbarium
The Story of the Streamhead Lobelia, Lobelia batsonii
Since the mid 1990s, references have been made to an undescribed lobelia in the Sandhills region of North and South Carolina. Albert B. Pittman of the South Carolina Heritage Trust was first to note that this lobelia was very similar to savanna lobelia (Lobelia glandulosa Walter) but differed in several points.
Ivey Foreman Lewis
(3 August 1882 – 16 March 1964) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged less than a dozen botanical specimens collected by Ivey Foreman Lewis….
Wade Thomas Batson, Jr.
(1912-2015) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 150 vascular plant specimens collected by Batson, who usually signed his herbarium labels “W. T. Batson”. …
Goodwin LeBaron Foster
(4 June 1891 – March 1977) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged approximately 50 vascular plant specimens collected by Goodwin LeBaron Foster, who signed…
Bruce Alexander Sorrie
b. 1944 Bruce Sorrie with Taxodium ascendens in Moore County, North Carolina in 22 November, 2011. Photo by Kathy Ann Walsh. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium…
One Flower You Will Never Find in the Herbarium*
There is one flower that will never be found in herbarium, but not because of its rarity, habitat or toxicity. I first encountered frost flowers a decade ago along my driveway in southeastern Alamance County.
A New Fungus Among-Us: “Chip Cherry” makes first appearance in North Carolina
New plants, animals and fungi are not only found in far-away exotic locations. The Carolina campus might be a surprising place to find an fungus never before documented from North Carolina, but recently a Carolina Biology major did just that.
Helen Shedd Sherwin
(4 August 1921 – 23 November 1990 ) Helen Shedd Sherwin was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Edith Sherwin nee Dodson and Melvin Ernest Sherwin. Her father was a professor of…
New Flora Covers Entire Southeastern United States
The southeastern United States is home to incredible biodiversity, and new plants are discovered in this area every year. Plant lists for this region, or Flora, evolve and change, making the most…