Ferdinand Blanchard

…Blanchard’s specimens include Dudley Herbarium at the California Academy of Sciences (DS), University of Minnesota (MIN), Missouri Botanic Garden (MO), New York Botanical Garden (NY), and United States National Herbarium…

Educational Exhibits

…in the world and what we’re doing to save the seeds of rare plants in this educational exhibit. Past exhibits have included Saving Our Birds, Saving Our Wildflowers, Saving Our…

New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…a fold of newsprint, with a label tucked in with the plant. There were 35 plants in all; the collection of Carex cristatella, “crested sedge,” had enough material for two…

Jumping the Gap with Northern Wireweed

…the gap between states. Ruth’s golden-aster (Pityopsis ruthii in the Aster Family) has been documented from southeastern Tennessee, but never found in neighboring North Carolina. Dwarf greenbriar (Smilax pumila in…

John Marshall Grant

National Fungus Collection (BPI), University of California, Berkeley (UC), University of Florida (FLAS), University of Georgia (GAM), University of Illinois (ILL), University of Michigan (MICH), University of Washington (WTU), University…

Donald Culross Peattie

…now owned by the Glenview Park District, and is a National Historic Landmark. From 1928 to 1933, the Peatties and their three sons lived in France. The family settled at…

Carl John Burk

…Carolina University (WCUH), and William & Mary (WILLI).2 Specimens Burk collected from the Outer Banks area also curated by the National Park Service at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, but…