Jerrry Allen Snider

…title of his thesis was “A variation study of Agalinis decemloba & Agalinis obtusifolia in the Carolinas” (1969). He went on to earn a Ph.D. from Duke University in 1974…

Max Hoyt Hommersand

…a B.A. in Botany from the University of California in Berkeley, and Phycodrys franiae S-M. Lin & W.A. Nelson is named in her honor. Species named in honor of Max…

Guy Richard Bisby

…fungi of India. New Delhi, India: Indian Council of Agricultural Research.     SOURCES: MyCoPortal . 2022. http://www.mycoportal.org/portal/index.php. Accessed on May 28. Partial publications list http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cgi-bin/bibquery.pl?author=bisby,%20g.r. Photo of Bisby http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/pics/0001911b.jpg…

March Madness: Botanical Sports Mascots

…Zealand flags: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_Zealand Delta State University: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_State_University Scottsdale Community College: https://www.scottsdalecc.edu/students/student-experience-leadership/mascot Minor League Baseball team names: https://www.milb.com/about/teams Hillsboro Hops: https://www.milb.com/hillsboro/fans/information Modesto Nuts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modesto_Nuts Indiana State University: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores ; https://www.indstate.edu/university-marketing/brand-toolbox/logos University…

The Paper Garden

…native plants found in North Carolina, including pitcher plants, trout lilies, and Venus flytraps. She is a student in NCBG’s Botanical Art & Illustration program, which helps her strengthen her…

Virtual Webinar – Pine Tree Pharmacy

…Mr. Arvis Boughman will discuss plants and herbal remedies, including those of the longleaf pine ecosystem, that members of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina have used for centuries in…

Charles Clinton Lindley, Jr.

…Inc., 2012. http://woodlin.net/merged%20pedigree/3533.htm?fbclid=IwAR2plHtxLudWw3LCpYAGy3hn7nJv_h-kTXIKaLwQiN5zSdJXydyDXWD0Af8 accessed on 14 September 2020. Yackety yack, 1954. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (College yearbook; page 86.)   Many thanks to Terri Buckner and to…

Richard J. LeBlond

…12(1): 58-59. LeBlond, R. J. (2018) Coleataenia longifolia subsp. combsii (Poaceae: Paniceae) in Canada. In: Weakley et al., Taxonomic innovations in the southeastern U.S. flora. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas…

Josiah Hale

…senis, subconvexis; aperture magna, subovata, intus albida. Hab. Alexandria, Lou. – J. Hale, M.D. Paludina Haleiana. Testa laevi, ventricoso-conoidea, subtenui, rufo cornea, imperforate, spira brevi; suturis valde impressis; anfractibus quaternis,…