Arthur Oliver Tucker, III

Arthur Oliver Tucker, III (22 June 1945 – 5 August 2019) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has only about a dozen specimens collected by A….

Josiah Hale

Josiah Hale (1791? – 1856) Information compiled by Carol Ann McCormick (NCU). Special thanks to Paul G. St-Pierre, Research & Instruction Librarian, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University. The University of…

James Rex Baird

James Rex Baird (b. 22 September 1932) Photograph of Dr. James Rex Baird (on left) with Dr. Alan S. Weakley, Director of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill…

Carnivorous Conservation

Native only to a 90-mile inland radius around Wilmington, the Venus flytrap is a symbol of the Atlantic coastal plain’s unique ecology — and a contender for the federal endangered…

Fighting Fire with Fire

The North Carolina Botanical Garden’s prescribed fire program was featured in endeavors, the research magazine of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Click to view and read this…

Saving Cochrane Property

Greg Fitch, President, North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation The North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, the support organization for the Garden, expanded the scope of habitats it protects in July when…