New Virginia Gems in the Herbarium

…ἄγρωστις agrōstis, a kind of grass now the genus of bentgrass and the connection to Dioscorides is thin at best. Today Parnassia is not found on Mount Parnassus but “Parnassia…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…get established before it gets hot and dry. See what’s growing in your yard Do some backyard botanizing and see what’s growing. There are resources online for identifying plants, in…

Photography Sessions

…and entourage: $75 for two hours Photo sessions that require minimal equipment and 1-2 subjects: $25 for two hours Once we receive your completed photography online form, we will add…

Tree Cores Come to the Herbarium

…Herbarium was a team effort. Using Mitchell’s original data sheets, I made labels containing each tree’s location (latitude/longitude), height, diameter, date, and NCU and National Park Service catalog numbers. NCBG…

Nancy Craft Coile

…were collected in Elbert County, Georgia. Frequent co-collectors included her spouse, Robert Coile, and her children, Danielle & Robbie Coile. Van Loan, Andrea (2002) Best Wishes Nancy Coile. Wildland Weeds…

Edwin Huey Bullington

…the University of Arkansas. “Devil’s Den State Park in the Boston Mountains of northwest Arkansas is one of the best-preserved Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) park developments in the United States…

Louis Hermann Pammel

…For the United States Forest Service, he made a study of grazing conditions in the Uintah Mountains, and did work on grasses of the Plains region for the U.S. Department…

Delzie Demaree

…for he had suffered a serious wound to a foot during action in France during World War I, and had been gassed during the same period of military service.2 He…

Kenneth Bryan Raper

…and the US National Fungus Collection (BPI). Kenneth Raper is best known for his work on Penicillium, the organism which produces the antibiotic Penicillin, as well as his work on…

Mary Williams Ward Shanor

…As a child, she adored her cousin and best friend, Jane Highsmith, as well as Jane’s brothers George Jr. and Charles Ward. She made all A’s in the Pender County…