(14 November 1875– 26 June 1958) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged 153 fungi and 1 lichen collected by Jacob Frederick Brenckle, who usually…
Elizabeth Gregory Boomhour Kerr
(13 July 1912 – 15 December 2005) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium has found several dozen specimens of Pycnanthemum that were annotated by Elizabeth Boomhour…
Eugene Bourgeau
(1813 – 1877) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has to date catalogued a single botanical specimen collected by Eugene Bourgeau. The specimen, a fungus Pestalozzia…
Clifford R. Parks
(March 22, 1936 – July 18, 2020)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 50 specimens collected by Clifford R. Parks. Without doubt more…
Joseph Hicks Pyron
(17 September 1905 – 27 May 1987)3 The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has only a few specimens collected by Joseph H. Pyron. Most vascular plant collections…
Sandhills Pyxie-Moss Rescue
In January, staff from our horticulture department participated in a plant rescue in a longleaf pine savanna on Department of Defense land in eastern North Carolina that will soon be…
Random Walk through the Herbarium
By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix, UNC Chapel Hill Herbarium and Michael Lee, NCBG Data Scientist With 800,000 botanical and mycological specimens (give or take) in the University of North Carolina…
Velma Dare Matthews
(3 August 1904 – 7 January 1958) Special thanks to Jonathan Garren, MLIS, MA, Outreach Librarian, Coker College for providing photographs for this post. The University of North Carolina at…
2023 NC Wildflower of the Year
In 2023, we’re celebrating buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), a large deciduous shrub that occurs throughout central and eastern North America in swamps, depressional wetlands, and along the banks of streams, rivers, and lakes.
Richard Glenn Bowmer
(4 December 1931 – ?)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 65 vascular plant specimens collected by Richard Glenn Bowmer, who consistently signed herbarium…