You have an important role in preserving the habitat gardens, plant collections, natural areas, and educational programming of the North Carolina Botanical Garden for future generations. If you are able,…
(1791 ? -1856) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has less than a dozen specimens collected by Josiah Hale. All found to date were a gift from…
The North Carolina Botanical Garden is making final preparations for its Carolina Moonlight Virtual Party, an entertaining celebration of the region’s biodiversity with a focus on carnivorous plants on Saturday, May 22 from 7 – 8:30 p.m. Derek Haynes (The Crazy Botanist) will join Garden Director, Damon Waitt, as a co-host of this year’s program.
by Van Cotter, Herbarium Research Associate, UNC-CH Herbarium (NCU); Suzanne Cadwell, Director, ITS-Educational Technologies; Dan Meyers, Corbin Bryan, and Davis Upchurch, Undergraduates UNC-CH On April 17-18, the North Carolina Botanical…
(4 February 1942 – 7 December 2011) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 40 lichen and moss specimens collected by Norton Miller. As…
(28 November 1892 – 18 August 1940) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has cataloged to date a handful of vascular plant specimens collected by Wade Swann Neely,…
Did you miss a recent lecture you had hoped to see? Or want to re-watch a favorite? One small silver lining of pandemic life is we have many virtual programs,…
by Van Cotter, UNC Herbarium Associate Mushroom identification relies on many tricks of the trade. One of the fun tricks is treating white mushroom spores with iodine in the form…
(7 January 1923 – 20 December 2004) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has cataloged to date about a dozen vascular plant specimens and a dozen fungal…
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium One of the few good aspects of the restrictions on school, social, and business activities this past spring has been that people…