The North Carolina Botanical Garden is proud to award Larry Mellichamp with the Flora Caroliniana Award. Mellichamp is the seventh person to receive this honor, given for enthusiasm and service to the preservation, restoration, and appreciation of the natural world around us.
Two hundred million years ago, before birds existed, or bees, or wildflowers, molten rock seeped into cracks below the surface of what’s now Durham, North Carolina.
Youngia japonica, an invasive species, in bloom. By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix, UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium One of the problems with humans moving around the globe is that we bring other species…
Interested in making an herbarium specimen? There are a few things to keep in mind, and a few materials you’ll need. Keep in mind: Be sure you have permission to…
(1916-2008) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NCU) curates over 890 vascular plant specimens collected by Alton McCaleb Harvill, Jr. He usually signed his specimens as “A. M….
(30 August 1920 – 18 May 2000) The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has catalogued 17 vascular plant specimens and 8 fungal specimens collected by Paul W….
(d. 28 August 2010) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 80 vascular plant specimens and 2 fungal specimens collected by E. Gibbes Patton….
(22 September 1881 – 7 January 1964) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 70 vascular plants and half a dozen fungi collected by…
15 September 1889 — 2 July 1987 The University of North Carolina Herbarium at Chapel Hill has cataloged nearly 1700 vascular plant specimens collected by Delzie Demaree. Without doubt many more…
I moved to Chapel Hill and started working at NCBG in December 1991. I had a one year contract, funded by a grant from the Institute for Museum & Library…