Plant Power Podcast

Plant Power: The Power of Plants in a Changing Climate Through interviews with some of North Carolina’s finest naturalists, explore the conversation about native plants and their connection with our…

Tree Cores Come to the Herbarium

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC Herbarium In January, I got a phone call asking if the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) could curate tree cores…

Lewis Henry Lighthipe

24 January 1843 — 14 December 1927 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged approximately 60 specimens collected by Lewis Henry Lighthipe. Of those, about…

Miklos Treiber

(30 October 1949 – 11 October 2012) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) is the primary repository for vascular plant specimens collected by Dr. Miklos Treiber….

When Hairy Met the Herbarium

Genea hispidula, a tiny truffle, an Exciting Discovery in Battle Park! By Van T. Cotter, Dan Meyers, Ezra Knight, and Corbin Bryan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium…

Video: Bringing Back Piedmont Prairies

  Our region, the southeastern Piedmont, is one of the fastest-growing population centers in the country. Historically, much of the Piedmont was covered by prairies – some with scattered trees…