Spreading the Herbarium Gospel

…Man’s Beard,” instead. It’s in the olive family! You can buy one at the Botanical Garden! I hope to have inspired at least a few acquaintances to Go Native.) Stewartia…

Spelunking in The Caves of Chapel Hill

…his/her initials and assumes that 100 years later I will know who H.R.T. is (pointing at you, Dr. Henry Roland Totten), and sometimes the locality information is difficult to interpret….

Paul W. Gabrielson

…University of Washington’s marine lab on San Juan Island in northern Puget Sound, has shaped my career and has resulted in publications used by students and professionals to identity marine…

New Lichens in The Old North State

…Carolina website.3 “I was totally unfamiliar with Green Dust Lichen,” said Gary. “When I saw it I thought it was just an alga, but I thought I saw some fungal…

Robert Rolland Brinker, O. F. M.

…Illinois State Academy of Science 65: 82-83. 2. SERNEC Data Portal. 2023. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on September 21. 3. IPNI (2023). International Plant Names Index. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org, The…

Paul Wilson Titman

…One of the requirements was that one take a general botany course in the education spread. I was happy to do so because of my lifelong interest in plants… I…

Stuck at Home, not Stuck Inside

…year! Did you know chickweed is edible? So are columbine flowers! Youngia japonica (oriental false hawksbeard) is in flower. The good news is this makes it easier to see and…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…investigate UNC’s discriminatory practices in wages, hiring and admission. This investigation resulted in positive changes for female students, faculty and employees. In 1980 she was inducted into the Order of…