James Heathman Horton

…A list of dissertations and graduate theses in botany completed at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1912-2005. 3. History of Conference. https://www.wcu.edu/engage/professional-enrichment/conferences-and-community-classes/the-cullowhee-native-plant-conference/history-of-conference.aspx accessed on 9 April 2020….

William Battle Cobb

…1915 [Collier] Cobb had used a portion of Mary Know Gatlin Cobb’s dowry to purchase land and build houses on Cobb Terrace [35.917169 latitude, -79.054471 longitude in downtown Chapel Hill]…”5…

Spelunking in The Caves of Chapel Hill

…or grottoes. There are numerous surface mines throughout the County, including Piedmont Minerals Company Mine near Hillsborough which yields pyrophyllite and the American Stone Company near White Cross which yields…

William Willard Ashe

…served as Secretary of the National Forest Reservation Commission (1918-1924), vice-president of the Society of American Foresters (1919), and chairman of the Forest Service Tree Name Committee (1930-1932). In 1906…

John Robert Raper

…of mutations in common-A heterokaryons of Schizophyllum commune. Z. Vererbungsl., 89:540-58. Raper, John R. and G.S. Krongelb (1958) Genetic and environmental aspects of fruiting in Schizophyllum commune Fr. Mycologia, 50:707-740….

Richard Joel Reader

…Science degree from the University of Manitoba, Canada. In 1973 he completed his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the Curriculum in Ecology. The title…

Mary Eugenia Wharton

…of creating a nature sanctuary. Her dream was to protect the native plant and animal communities unique to the region and provide a place where people could learn about and…

Enchantress along the Eno

…modest wildflower — the name in vogue now is Circaea canadensis. “The systematics of this taxon is controversial, and the best treatment is still unclear… The complicated synonymy is perhaps…

Ken E. Rogers

…Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95(5): 423-424. Rogers, Ken E. and J.K. Underwood (1968) Some noteworthy Tennessee plants. Castanea 33(3): 260-261. SOURCES: 1. http://www.usm.edu/herbarium/about_us.htm accessed on 19 May 2021. 2. Rogers,…