(December 3, 1890 – August 16, 1958) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about two dozen specimens collected by Percy H. Gentle. However, as Central…
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New Species of Foamflower
An extensive clonal colony of Tiarella austrina, spreading through stolons. Unicoi Gap at Towns/White county line, Georgia. Photo by Guy Nesom, 6 May 2021. by Guy L. Nesom, Ph.D. Lots…
Harold Ernest Parks
(5 August 1880 – 5 March 1967) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NCU) curates 3 lichens and about 170 fungal specimens collected by Harold Ernest Parks, who…
Heinrich “Henry” Karl Daniel Eggert
(3 March 1841 — 18 April 1904) Special thanks to William P. Shannon, IV, Curator of the St. Clair County Historical Society The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…
Peter Edward “Ed” Bostick
(b. 1939 ) “… as we sometimes say about ecology, it is the painful elaboration of the obvious..” The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 380…
Further Afield: Hiking and Resting in Peace in the Uwharrie Mountains
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) On a rather warm Sunday in May, 2020 my husband and I decided to…
Alma Holland Beers
(10 January 1892 — 31 October 1974) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has over 200 vascular plant and over 650 fungal specimens collected Alma Holland…
Harley Harris Bartlett
(9 March 1886 – 21 February 1960) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 150 vascular specimens collected by Harley Harris Bartlett. As we continue…
Benjamin Franklin Bush
(21 December 1858 – 14 February 1937) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 70 specimens collected by Benjamin Franklin Bush. They were collected…
A Toast to Polk County, Galax, and Bigleaf Scurfpea
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix, UNC Chapel Hill Herbarium I have recently become very interested in a place I’ve never visited. It’s not a terribly exotic place, nor is it…