Mary Williams Ward Shanor

22 April 1916 – 19 September 2011 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 20 vascular plant specimens and three fungal specimens collected by…

Herman Harrison Braxton

…and fellow mycology students W. T. Alexander, A. B. Couch and Velma Matthews contributed to “Other Water Molds from the Soil,” authored by W. C. Coker (JEMS 43(3-4): 207-226). Braxton…

Rassie Everton Wicker

…collected in his native Moore County, North Carolina, but there are a few from Hoke and Lee Counties as well. In addition to NCU other herbaria which curate specimens collected…

Land Acknowledgement

…action to advocate for and support the agendas of Native communities. The Garden and Foundation aspire to understand and share a complete history of the land we steward. Indigenous Land…

Douglas Dwight Sharp

…collected for his Master’s thesis, “The phytosociology of the weed communities of Scotland County, North Carolina” which he completed in 1974 with advisor Dr. Helmut Leith in the University of…

Arthur Oliver Tucker, III

…at Delaware State University. Other herbaria curating Tucker’s specimens include Rutgers University (CHRB) and University of Maryland (MARY). “On Monday, August 5, 2019, Arthur Oliver Tucker III, husband, father, and…

Henrietta “Henny” Laing Chambers

…moved to Corvallis. Needless to say, a cross- country automobile trip with an infant and pulling a U-Haul trailer had both good and bad moments. The next-to-last day of the…

Charles Fuller Baker

…of tuberculosis had neither money nor friends to care for him. Baker took the money he had put aside for the trip and sent the lad to the mountains. For…

Edwin Huey Bullington

…Arkansas. M.S. thesis, University of Arkansas.   SOURCES: Edwin Huey Bullington, obituary. 2018. Dignity Memorial https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/pompano-beach-fl/edwin-bullington-7990156 accessed on 12 October 2023. SERNEC Data Portal. 2023. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on 12 October….

Ken E. Rogers

…Mississippi Herbarium (USMS) in 1968. “Dr. Rogers had a keen eye for plants and was a prolific collector. He helped convince the administration of the importance of the Ragland Hills…