Loan & Accession Policy

…Curator. Permission for removal of material is contingent upon adherence to the following guidelines: Leaf material, pollen, spores, etc. may be removed from specimens only when adequate material is available….

Spring Native Plant Sale on May 7

…and there is additional parking at the athletic fields located down Old Mason Farm Road and at the SECU lot. Starting at 10 a.m, a shuttle will bring visitors from…

Saving the Crystal Skipper

…plants in the barrier island dune system that provide nectar. The state parks at either end of the skipper’s range have an adequate supply of seaside little bluestem and will…

Plant Materials of the Atlantic Southeast

…Farm, Rural Advancement Foundation International and the Farmers of Color Network. By sharing seed with these producers we are working towards diversifying the species available in the commercial seed market….

Floras

…U.S. In 2015, the UNC Carolina Apps Program teamed up with NCU Herbarium and NCBG staff to develop the iPhone/iPad application FloraQuest. This app allowed for mobile identification of over…

What’s Your Flavor? Special Event

…Kitchen. Participants will then travel to the Museum where many of the artists will be available to talk about their work displayed in the exhibit. Each talk will include paired…

Enchantress along the Eno

…New Life. https://www.npr.org/2018/04/11/599831473/circe-gives-the-witch-of-the-odyssey-a-new-life accessed on 30 June 2021. The Confluence Natural Area is located at 4214 Highland Farm Road, Hillsborough, NC, and is open daily from dawn to dusk. It…

Further Afield: Strolling Around Purgatory

…had encountered (and were puzzled by!) Horse-sugar had been at Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in February 2023. Distribution of Horse-sugar (Symplocos tinctoria) in North Carolina. Courtesy of North Carolina Biodiversity…

Ken E. Rogers

…Mississippi Herbarium (USMS) in 1968. “Dr. Rogers had a keen eye for plants and was a prolific collector. He helped convince the administration of the importance of the Ragland Hills…