Duane Francis Houck

…Conservation Foundation’s website: http://www.tcf-barc.org/index.html and http://www.tcf-barc.org/barcgeninfo.htm Hurricane Iris October 8-9, 2001 in Belize: Our first priority was recovering the herbarium. For those of you who have not seen it, Duane…

Luther Stanford Beard

…an alternative in order to make his or her own choice… Such balances of Christian commitment and scientific expertise is seldom found, and with Dr. L. Stanford Beard we find…

2021 Wildflower of the Year

…planted in a group to give a fuller appearance, at the back of a shrub border, or in a naturalistic woodland garden where it can stretch out. Read more about…

NCBGF Committees

…is responsible for defining and executing the strategic plan of the NCBGF. Audit Committee — Chair, Terry Ball The Audit Committee oversees the annual independent financial audit process including engaging…

CCG Volunteer Spotlight: Simone

…our compost leaders and even continued to volunteer when she was back during breaks from college! When the stay-at-home order began in the spring and Simone had to return home,…

Ferdinand Blanchard

…March 1897 – 8 May 1970). In December, 2019, NCU Curatrix Carol Ann McCormick made a pilgrimage to the site of Dr. Blanchard’s address, 720 H Street NE in Washington…

Egbert Hamilton Walker

…the recommendation of Prof. H. H. Bartlett of the University of Michigan, Egbert entered the University of Wisconsin as a graduate assistant in botany where he had planned on getting…

Edwin Lynn Bridges

…Robert D. and Edwin L. Bridges. 2015. Xyris chapmanii, an overlooked Xyris species of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Bartonia 67: 58-74. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43233853 Weakley, Alan S., Derick B. Poindexter, Richard…

Random Walk through the Herbarium

…2. LeGrand, H., B. Sorrie, and T. Howard. 2023. Vascular Plants of North Carolina [Internet]. Raleigh (NC): North Carolina Biodiversity Project and North Carolina State Parks. Available from https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/index.php. 3…

John R. Bozeman

…specimen exchange program in the University of North Carolina Herbarium]. He was hard-working, pleasant, and neat, in addition to having a sound botanical background and a basic understanding of the…