(5 June 1888 – 28 November 1964) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged 97 vascular plant specimens, 29 bryophytes, and 2 fungi collected by…
Harriet Lathrop Merrow
(September 1858- 21 November 1941) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged one vascular plant specimen and about thirty micro-fungi specimens collected by Ms. Merrow…
Oren Lloyd Justice
(11 November 1907 – 13 February 1993)2,3 In the autumn of 2023 the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) received as a gift from Cornell University (BH)…
New boardwalk open at Mason Farm
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…
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
The Garden will be closed for the winter holiday from Saturday, December 23 through Monday, January 1. Enjoy the peaceful holiday splendor of the Garden as we celebrate the end…
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…