1892 – 1972 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU)curates about 40 vascular plant specimens collected by Rassie Everton Wicker, who usually signed his specimens “R. E….
Rassie Everton Wicker
Category: UNC Herbarium
Eloise Wicker Knight
21 September 1922 – 3 May 2004 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 3 dozen vascular plants collected by Eloise Wicker Knight. Most…
James Heathman Horton
9 January 1931- 5 May 2017 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged over 300 vascular plant specimens collected by James Heathman Horton. As we…
Amos Jones “AJ” Bullard
(24 January 1939 – 2020) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about a dozen vascular plant specimens collected by Dr. A. J. Bullard, an…
Mary Sue Munson Brehme
(b. 3 October 1932) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 72 vascular plant herbarium specimens collected by Mary Sue Munson Brehme, who usually signed…
Frances Ernestine Silliman
14 February 1906 – 19 October 1976 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 70 botanical specimens collected by Frances Ernestine Silliman. Fellow graduate…
Miklos Treiber
(30 October 1949 – 11 October 2012) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) is the primary repository for vascular plant specimens collected by Dr. Miklos Treiber. …
Mason Farm Microbes Make Fine Sourdough Bread
By Van T. Cotter, Ph.D., Herbarium Associate (and fungi expert!) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) A discovery While visiting Mason Farm Biological Reserve on March…
Edward Avery McIlhenny
(29 March 1872 – 8 August 1949) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has a single specimen collected by Edward Avery McIlhenny. He collected Ustilago shiraiana…
Work from Home Work-Study Students
When Carolina shifted to all on-line classes at the end of Spring Break due to Covid-2019, we faced the challenge of how to keep our loyal and hard-working Work-Study Students…