Andrew Harvey Young (2 February 1852 – 17 May 1926) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged only three bryological specimens collected by Andrew Harvey…
Samuel McCutchen Bain
(14 January 1869 – 30 January 1919) The University of North Carolina Herbarium has about a dozen herbarium specimens collected by Samuel McCuthen Bain. It is likely that more will…
Annie Montague Alexander
Annie Montague Alexander (29 December 1867 – 10 September 1950) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill herbarium has cataloged only two botanical specimens collected by Annie Montague Alexander,…
Joseph Edison Adams
Joseph Edison Adams (1903-1981) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has cataloged approximately 30 specimens collected by J. E. Adams. It is likely that more will be…
Logan Clark – 2019 North Carolina Botanical Garden Award
Under the direction of Dr. Matt Estep, Department of Biology, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, Logan Clark receives 2019 North Carolina Botanical Garden Award for his work entitled: Blazing New…
Alyssa Chen – 2019 C. Ritchie Bell Award
As a chainsaw-wielding AmeriCorps member in the woods of southeastern North Carolina last summer, Alyssa Chen gained memorable and transformative experience in boots-on-the-ground conservation. Those seven weeks of embracing the…
Creating a buzz on campus
It began nearly two years ago with a cluster of hungry honeybees swirling around a campus trash can. That sight reminded Bryn Walker, then a first-year student, that she had…
Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast
The GO-TO GUIDE forWildflower Hunting in Your State Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast describes and illustrates 1,250 species commonly encountered in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Washington D.C.,…
Gardens Across America
We’re honored to be one of 20 public gardens nationwide selected to create a demonstration garden in the U.S. Botanic Garden’s Gardens Across America exhibit, which runs from now through…
2019 Wildflower of the Year
Narrow-leaf mountain-mint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium This wonderful member of the mint family (Lamiaceae) is native throughout the central and eastern United States and can be found in dry, open rocky…