…also collected many natural objects, mostly bryophytes and beetles. His collection of palaearctic beetles includes about 100,000 specimens and his bryophyte collection is roughly 30,000 specimens. He personally collected only…
…species with us. Sometimes plants or animals or microbes are intentionally introduced for food or medicine or companionship or beauty or nostalgia. However, many organisms are accidentally introduced as they…
…do I like skunk cabbage so much? Basically because it is a weird, ugly plant! As both its common name and scientific name indicate, the leaves do exude a distinctly…
…Wholesale and by appointment only. Southeastern native grasses, herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees Willow Creek Nursery 279 Hobson Branch Weaverville, NC 28787 828-777-3503 ashevilleperennials.com Primarily wholesale, appointment only. Ferns, grasses…
…Class of 2023, majoring in biology and minoring in chemistry. In addition to making digital images of specimens for our online catalog, he will be learning to file newly accessioned…
…Wikipedia contributors, ‘Pores Knob’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 23 December 2018, 11:24 UTC, <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pores_Knob&oldid=875048201> [accessed 29 July 2020] Wikipedia contributors, ‘Brushy Mountains (North Carolina)’, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 12 April…
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…a short time, only lawyer. Truthfully, however, Fell never fully embraced the law profession. In 1834 Fell was appointed as Commissioner of Schools of McLean County. This position introduced him…
…are especially careful to test species that are close relatives of the weed, so we obtain the closely related native plants, grow them in a quarantine laboratory with the imported…
…EENY-214. September, 2010. https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/fruit/mediterranean_fruit_fly.htm accessed on 22 July 2021. 2. Image modified by R. Kevan Schoonover McClelland July 2021 from Incidence of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), in…