CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone

…and wire mesh to prevent animals from getting in. One of her favorite parts of having her own compost is getting to chop up her food scraps! It is also…

Ferdinand Blanchard

…curse that insulted humanity and gave his life [illegible] the Northern Cause, dying at [illegible] N. C. when a little less [illegible] years of age. Here in the above-mentioned brick…

Carol Enarson, CCCG, Master Gardener

…Gardener course at the Orange County Extension Office in Hillsborough in order to expand her knowledge relating to horticulture. Enarson explained that by becoming an Orange County Extension Master Gardener…

Random Walk through the Herbarium

…beach in Ireland — which lead me to look up “marram grass” and to see if it occurs in North Carolina. As a result I’ll be completing the database records…

Carnivorous Conservation

…North Carolina’s humid swamplands, a predator lies in wait. It’s perfectly still. It doesn’t breathe. It hasn’t had a meal in almost a month, but patience goes a long way…

George Andrew Christenberry

…“A taxonomic study of the Mucorales in the southeastern United States”. Pilobolus crystallinus in the fungi order Mucorales Image was created by Sava Krstic at Mushroom Observer   Published in…

John R. Bozeman

…John’s real interest was in ecology.(1) “In the spring semester of 1968, Steve Leonard took over as Curator,” says Bozeman, “and I served as an instructor, teaching an undergraduate course…

Visitation

…will be sent. In order to control herbarium pests, incoming specimens to the Vascular Herbarium are frozen for 48 hours or more. Users of the collection who bring specimens in…

New boardwalk open at Mason Farm

…Reserve is a 367-acre wildlife sanctuary and research site in southern Chapel Hill managed by the North Carolina Botanical Garden. It’s home to hundreds of species of native plants and…