(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…
Amos Jones “AJ” Bullard
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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…
Mary Williams Ward Shanor
22 April 1916 – 19 September 2011 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 20 vascular plant specimens and three fungal specimens collected by…
Tree Cores Come to the Herbarium
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC Herbarium In January, I got a phone call asking if the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) could curate tree cores…
Lewis Henry Lighthipe
24 January 1843 — 14 December 1927 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged approximately 60 specimens collected by Lewis Henry Lighthipe. Of those, about 2/3…