2021 Wildflower of the Year

…can be pruned back to 6-10 inches tall in March, before the growing season begins. Because of its loose, open form that could be perceived as untidy, beautyberry is best

Frederick Gustav Meyer

…on the White House roof to protect the president.””   SOURCE: Sullivan, Patricia. 2006. Obituary: Frederick Meyer, 88. The Washington Post. November 14, 2006. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/11/14/frederick-meyer-88/5079af3c-74b9-43c8-a02f-e352f18513e1/ accessed on 13 December 2022….

William Willard Ashe

…leading newspaper in the state… Always a prolific writer, he is best known for his principal editorship of the voluminous Biographical History of North Carolina, which first appeared in 1905…

Sarah “Sadie” Frances Price

…Accessed on June 07. 2. CNABH Portal. 2022. http//:bryophyteportal.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on June 07. 3. MyCoPortal . 2022. http://www.mycoportal.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on June 07. 4. CNALH. 2022. http//:lichenportal.org/cnalh/index.php. Accessed on June 07….

Henry Roland Totten

(1892-1974) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates over 1500 vascular plants, 1400 fungi and 20 bryophytes collected by Henry Roland Totten, who usually signed his…

Ferdinand Blanchard

…March 1897 – 8 May 1970). In December, 2019, NCU Curatrix Carol Ann McCormick made a pilgrimage to the site of Dr. Blanchard’s address, 720 H Street NE in Washington…

Clyde Ritchie Bell

…Hill on March 6, 2013 at age 91. He is survived by his wife, Anne Lindsey and his son, David Bell; his sister, Patricia Ramsey (Asheville, NC); and his brother,…