Following in Botanical Footsteps at Rocky Face Mountain
…Herbarium in Chapel Hill. Raynal sent live specimens to Coker and to Coker’s research assistant, Alma Holland Beers. The tree planted in Beer’s yard in the Gimghoul neighborhood in the…
…Herbarium in Chapel Hill. Raynal sent live specimens to Coker and to Coker’s research assistant, Alma Holland Beers. The tree planted in Beer’s yard in the Gimghoul neighborhood in the…
…advisor, Dr. Coker, filled in the scientific name, location and copious notes on the physical characteristics of the fungus. Ms. Alma Holland Beers, the first woman hired by the Botany…
…I learned from Alma Holland, Dr. Coker’s secretary, that Dr. Coker was planning to offer me the job of full-time curator of the herbarium as soon as I received my…
…Meyer’s mycological heroes, Alma Holland Beers, the first woman biologist at UNC-Chapel Hill. Meyers began working at the Herbarium as a volunteer his freshman year after seeking opportunities related to…
…“Three Brides.” Their stay here was, however, of comparatively short duration, as we find them making their way a little later to Holland, whence they were transported to the newly-founded…
…named in 1937 by Olga Lakela (1890-1980) as T. cordifolia var. austrina. I have moved “austrina” from the status of variety to full species. This key provides a brief way…
…and his plant collections, I went to SERNEC (Southeast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections), a searchable database of herbarium specimens from across North America.3 By searching on the collector’s…
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…Mycology 4(4/5): 36-38. —–. 1888. Color variation in flowers of Delphinium. Botanical Gazette 13(8): 216. —–. 1889. Cotton Root-rot. Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 7. State Printing Office, Austin,…
…along the base of the hill on which the 1980s house sits. About 20 years ago, the second homeowner, inspired by NC state parks, established a more extensive network of…