Seraph A. Bliss

…Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. 5. Personal communication, email Donna Albino to McCormick, 1 November 2022.     Special thanks to Micha Broadnax, Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special…

Diane Elizbeth Wickland

(b. ca. 1951) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates well over 800 vascular plant specimens collected by Diane E. Wickland. Many were collected as vouchers…

Tree Cores Come to the Herbarium

…Tyler J., Paul A. Knapp, and Jason T. Ortegren (2019) Tropical cyclone frequency inferred from intra-annual density fluctuations in longleaf pine in Florida, USA. Climate Research 78: 249-259. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01573  …

Darwin Day Lectures

  Born on February 12, 1809, the same day as Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin was one of the most influential scientists of all time. Darwin’s theory of natural selection and…

March Madness: Botanical Sports Mascots

…women’s basketball game and shout out “Pinus” I want to hear all members of the North Carolina Botanical Garden in the stands roar back, “palustris.” Go Heels!     Credits…

Herbarium Identifies Ten New Species in July

  By Bao Anh Tran, Communications Intern Hidden amid similar specimens, differing only in its “weirdness,” a new plant discovered by herbarium associate Kevan Schoonover McClelland was finally given a…

Famous Folk Among the Fungi

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, University of North Carolina Herbarium My daughters claim there are no famous botanists. I have tried to refute this claim, but never to their satisfaction….

Moss Madness Coming to Chapel Hill

by Carol Ann McCormick, Herbarium Curator While Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill may experience… ahem… friendly competition during March Madness on basketball courts, the staff of the Sarah P. Duke…

Effie Boon

…                SOURCES: 1. Wiebold, Doris B. 1992. “Boon Family of Angelina County” in The History of Angelina County, Texas, 1846-1991. Compiled & edited…

New Lichens in The Old North State

by Gary Perlmutter, Lichenologist & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium Associate and Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium  …