Thomas Fanning Wood

…the corner of Second and Chestnut Streets, now the site of the New Hanover County Public Library (Anonymous, 1892b,; 1892c). The medical community commemorated his professional and social contributions with…

Work from Home Work-Study Students

When Carolina shifted to all on-line classes at the end of Spring Break due to Covid-2019, we faced the challenge of how to keep our loyal and hard-working Work-Study Students…

Charles Henry Hitchcock

…of the museum and lecturer on zoology from 1858 to 1865, and for Lafayette College was non-resident professor of geology and mineralogy from 1866 to 1870. During a year in…

Jumping the Gap with Northern Wireweed

…the same vicinity but specimens were too immature for positive identification.     Darren Loomis, having Jumped the Gap into North Carolina to document Polygonella articulata in October, 2023. Photo…

Henrietta “Henny” Laing Chambers

…Henrietta L. 2001. Ken Chambers, Oregon Botanist. Kalmiopsis 8: 2-9. https://www.npsoregon.org/kalmiopsis/kalmiopsis_v08.pdf PUBLICATIONS: Chambers, Kenton L. and Henrietta L. Chambers. 2008. Infrageneric classification and nomenclatural notes for Pycnanthemum (Lamiaceae). Journal of…

Douglas Dwight Sharp

…we will find more specimens collected by Mr. Sharp.   Mr. Sharp’s obituary: “Douglas Dwight Sharp Passed away on April 29, 2017 at the age of 71. Doug obtained a…

John White Chickering, Jr.

…past summer an almost continuous scientific convention has been informally assembled on the summit; Profs. Goodale and Gibbs of Harvard; Prof. T. C. Porter of Easton; Dr. Leidy and Messrs….

William Willard Ashe

…14(2): pp-pp. 3. Stewart Radford, Laurie. 1998. The History of the Herbarium of the Universtiy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/HerbariumHistory.pdf 4. Find A Grave 93337063   This page…

Joachim Heinrich Schuette

…USA).1 A search of online herbarium portals in 2021 revealed Schuette’s specimens can also be found in the holdings of MO (Missouri Botanical Garden), ILL (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign),…

Hugo Leander Blomquist

…225-229.   SOURCES: SERNEC Data Portal. 2023. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on December 04. Anderson, Lewis E. (1965) In memoriam: Hugo Leander Blomquist 1885 [sic]-1964. The Bryologist 68(2): 251-254. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3241029…