Charles Norman Horn

…(MMNS), Missouri Botanical Garden (MO), New York Botanical Garden (NY), North Carolina State University (NCSC), Rutgers University (CHRB), Texas A& M (TAES), Troy University (TROY), University of Alabama (UNA), University…

Paul James Philson

…Campbell University (CAU; vascular plants), Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM; vascular plants), Field Museum (F; algae), University of Michigan (MICH; algae), Missouri Botanical Garden (MO; vascular plants), New York

Rebecca Deramus Bray

…Isoetes virginica in Virginia. Noteworthy Collections, Castanea 65(1): 83-84. March, 2000. Bray, Rebecca D. Colonial Quillwort: A new species of Isoetes from York County, Virginia. ASB Bulletin, 46(2). 1999. Heafner,…

Stephen A. Spongberg

new to science have been named in Steve’s honor, Cotoneaster spongbergii and Sorbus spongbergii. Steve enjoyed reading literature classics and was a dedicated armchair traveler. He was a passionate collector…

Herbarium

…flora of parks and public lands by farmers to document new weeds and plant pathogens and to map their spread across our region by horticulturalists to record blooming/fruiting times for…

New Entrance Walk and Breezeway Unveiled

…construction, May 2021 The new Sara Waitt Breezeway, June 2021 Contractors paving the Breezeway, March 2021 The Garden’s new sign wall and entryway landscape almost one year after planting, May…

William Willard Ashe

newspaper, the Evening Crescent. In 1879 he purchased the Raleigh Observer, and in 1881 the Daily News, joining both papers as the News and Observer – which is still a…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…year! Did you know chickweed is edible? So are columbine flowers! Youngia japonica (oriental false hawksbeard) is in flower. The good news is this makes it easier to see and

Philip French-Carson Greear

…University of Wisconsin, Madison (WIS), and Valdosta State University (VSC). The New York Botanical Garden (NY) and Valdosta State University (VSC) herbaria curate bryophytes collected by Greear. The Shorter College…