We’re thrilled to announce the completion of a 450-foot boardwalk at Mason Farm Biological Reserve that enables visitors to again travel the full 1.8-mile Old Farm Trail. Mason Farm Biological…
New boardwalk open at Mason Farm
Edwin Lynn Bridges
( b. 18 April 1957 ) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates at least 443 vascular plant specimens collected by Edwin L. Bridges. Without doubt…
Winter in the Garden Programs
Enjoy the peaceful holiday splendor of the Garden as we celebrate the end of the year with a craft market, natural ornaments, and more throughout the season. Holiday Shopping Our…
Herbarium identifies roadside photosynthetic bacteria
What would you think if you saw the above mass on the side of the road? Some sort of funny lichen? That’s what community scientist Becky Dill thought when she spotted this “unknown lichen-like substance” on a roadside outcrop in Anson County, NC. She sent a specimen to the UNC Herbarium (NCU), where lichen curator Gary Perlmutter investigated.
Mordecai Elisha Hyams
(28 September 1819 — 16 May 1891) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates 118 vascular plant specimens collected by the Hyams family. As we continue…
Conservation team travels to Nantahala National Forest
Our plant conservation technicians, Sophie and Amanda, have made several scouting and seed-collecting trips to the Nantahala National Forest this year for Plant Materials of the Atlantic Southeast (PMAS), our…
Edwin Huey Bullington
(27 July 1937 – 13 September 2018)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about a dozen specimens collected by Edwin Huey Bullington. He usually signed…
William C. Brumbach
(28 August 1905 – 25 November 1982)1,7 William Clifford Brumbach was an all-around naturalist whose interests focused on mollusks and vascular plants. He also documented algae, fungi and lichens. The…
October 22: NatureFest – for Families!
Join us on Sunday, October 22 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. for NatureFest, a family-friendly celebration of our native plants and animals! From carnivorous plants to live animal encounters, native bees to…
Robert Rolland Brinker, O. F. M.
(15 October 1905 – 2 April 1970)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates a single vascular specimen collected by Robert R. Brinker, a specimen of…