Orchids: Masters of Deception

…F. Whigham, and John P. O’Neill. 2012. Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture. Molecular Ecology 21: 1511-1523. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05468.x https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/pnw_2012_mccormick001.pdf Top photo: Aplectrum hyemale by Alan M. Cressler…

Enchantress along the Eno

…New Life. https://www.npr.org/2018/04/11/599831473/circe-gives-the-witch-of-the-odyssey-a-new-life accessed on 30 June 2021. The Confluence Natural Area is located at 4214 Highland Farm Road, Hillsborough, NC, and is open daily from dawn to dusk. It…

Philip French-Carson Greear

…Obituary, Philip French-Carson Greear. “Gainesville Times,” Gainesville, Georgia, USA, September 29, 2012. 2. Dr. Philip French-Carson Greear, Find A Grave memorial # 98036092. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98036092/philip-french-carson-greear accessed on 20 May 2021. 3….

Wade Thomas Batson, Jr.

…USC for 30 years. The State [newspaper], 1 April 2015. Columbia, South Carolina. https://www.thestate.com/living/article17183867.html accessed on 13 January 2021. Photo by Bonnie Dutton. Herr, John M., Jr. 2012. In Memoriam:…

Helen Shedd Sherwin

…and Leafspot on Soybeans in Maryland. Phytopathology 42(6): 342. SOURCES: 1. “Helen S. Yu, Garden Club President” Obituary, The Washington Post, 24 November 1990. Accessed on 23 June 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/11/24/author-roald-dahl-dies/0a2b6f8b-c4f0-4b42-8fd1-8493bcbd94f1/…

Madeline Palmer Burbanck

…In Memoriam: Madeline Palmer Burbanck. http://www.mbl.edu/obituaries/madeline-palmer-burbanck/ accessed on 5 April 2017. 2. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015….

Further Afield: Strolling Around Purgatory

…SOURCES: 1. Roznick, Betsy. 2021. Spend some time in Purgatory: Exploring the Zoo’s Purgatory Mountain. https://www.nczoo.org/blog/spend-some-time-purgatory-exploring-zoos-purgatory-mountain accessed on 19 Nov 2023. 2. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2024. Flora…

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…

Rassie Everton Wicker

…Katharine S. 1996. Wicker, Rassie Everton. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press. https://www.ncpedia.org/biography/wicker-rassie-everton accessed on…

Land Acknowledgement

…Historical Museum, Temporary Exhibit – Yésah: Journeys of the Occaneechi, https://www.orangehistorync.org/temporary-exhibit “Yésah is a Tutelo-Saponi word which means “the people.” The Yésah formed numerous bands, yet they were one people,…