Elam T. Bartholomew

…Science Foundation; a searchable database of those specimens can be found at www.mycoportal.org NCU also curates fungi collected by Elam Bartholomew’s son, Elbert Thomas Bartholomew (1878-1967), who usually signed his…

Walking with Walter and William

…David H. 1980. Thomas Walter Carolina Botanist. Museum Bulletin Number 5: South Carolina Museum Commission, Columbia, South Carolina. 5. “Thomas Walter” The Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=39003 accessed on 23 Jan…

Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler

…children, Lucy (29 May 1911- 1945) and Cloyd.” Stifler Family, 1929 L to R: Cloyd Stifler, James Madison Stifler III, Lucy Stifler, Francis Stifler, Mary Cloyd Burnley Stifler, James Madison…

2021 Wildflower of the Year

…biting insects. Additionally, the berries are edible, and though somewhat bland and mealy when consumed raw, they can be cooked and prepared into jelly or wine. Beautyberry is very easy…

Gerald McCarthy

…high-road and byway, bog and mountain peak, ever on the look-out for floral strangers, whom they ruthlessly sacrifice to the glue-and-paper deity.” — Gerald McCarthy The University of North Carolina…

Spring Native Plant Sale on May 7

By Angelica Edwards, NCBG Communications Intern The annual Spring Native Plant Sale will return to the North Carolina Botanical Garden on Saturday, May 7 from 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Visitors…