(30 April 1847 – 1920) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 120 vascular plant specimens and about 220 fungal specimens collected by S….
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(30 April 1847 – 1920) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 120 vascular plant specimens and about 220 fungal specimens collected by S….
Calling aspiring horticulturists: we’re hiring for summer internships at our main display gardens and Coker Arboretum! These three-month, full-time, paid positions help with all kinds of garden maintenance tasks. Learn more and apply by February 21.
Eastern red columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) The American Woodland Garden, Rick Darke. 2002. Timber Press, Portland, OR. Armitage’s Native Plants for North American Gardens, Allan Armitage. 2006. Timber Press, Portland, OR….
(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…
(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…
We are excited to share downy woodmint (Blephilia ciliata), a lovely native perennial in the mint family, as the 2022 Wildflower of the Year. Similar in appearance to its mint family relatives like bee balms (Monarda spp.), downy woodmint is a clump-forming perennial up to two feet tall, but it spreads slowly and won’t become aggressive like other mint species sometimes do.
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…
(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…
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,…
(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…