Willard Webster Eggleston

…C.P. Sm. “silky lupine” Myosurus egglestonii Wooton & Standl. Quercus X egglestonii Trel. “Eggleston’s oak” Rubus egglestonii Blanch. Rubus idaeus var. egglstonii (Blanch.) Fern. Viola egglestonii Brainerd Viola septemloba ssp….

October 22: NatureFest – for Families!

…its programs accessible to all: SNAP/EBT benefit recipients attend free. Register here NatureFest features stations with the Chapel Hill Woodturners, New Hope Audubon Society, NC Herpetological Society, NC State Bee…

Nandina Fruits Can Be Toxic to Birds

…prevent nandina from escaping and invading natural areas. Nandina is classified as an invasive species in North Carolina and other states in the Southeast. Finally, while no one wants to…

2024 NC Wildflower of the Year

…ability to produce its own usable nitrogen through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria found in nodules on its roots. These bacteria, called rhizobia, convert nitrogen that is found within air…

John White Chickering, Jr.

…found in US. Blue Ridge Three-lobed Coneflower, Rudbeckia rupestris Chick. was published in 1881 in Coult. Bot. Gaz.vi: 188. This plant is found in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina, and…

2022 Wildflower of the Year

…near 7.0) soils over limestone or diabase rock. In the garden, it will thrive in average to dry, well-drained soils in full to part sun, and it also does well…

Search Herbarium Specimens

…a major role in terrestrial ecosystems. Pteridophytes were even more important in the past, especially before the evolution of gymnosperms and flowering plant. Historically, the research communities interested in extant…