Elizabeth Kathleen Goldie-Smith

…Goldie-Smith, who usually signed her labels as “E.K.G.S.” Our fungal collection is being cataloged into the searchable on-line database, www.mycoportal.org As we continue to catalog our fungi it is probable…

Lisa Marie Giencke

(b. 1982) Lisa Giencke worked in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) from 2002 – 2007 in several capacities including work-study student and staff member. She…

Explore a Seven-Layer Forest Garden

…along the base of the hill on which the 1980s house sits. About 20 years ago, the second homeowner, inspired by NC state parks, established a more extensive network of…

Samuel McCutchen Bain

…Carl Nordman. 2002. Helianthus verticillatus Small (Asteraceae) Rediscovered and Redescribed. Castanea 67(1) 13-24. 2. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database online]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 2006. Year:…

2021 Wildflower of the Year

…can be pruned back to 6-10 inches tall in March, before the growing season begins. Because of its loose, open form that could be perceived as untidy, beautyberry is best

Henry Ashby Rankin

…botany. H.A. Rankin married Douglass Evans in 1896. He passed his love of science on to his children. Henry, Jr. (b. 30 May 1901 – d. 20 November 1999), writing…

Andrew Clark Mathews

…SOURCES: 1. Gadzuk, Nancy. 2016. Scott Len: Overview of CCC’s and Camp Sapona. Federal Point Historic Preservation Society. http://federal-point-history.org/previous-month-meeting-report/scott-len-overview-of-cccs-and-camp-sapona/ accessed on 20 September 2017. 2. The National Archives in St….

Kenneth Bryan Raper

…50: 135-147. Information compiled by Carol Ann McCormick, September, 2013 from documents generously provided by Meredith Tozzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alumni Records. Text updated December, 2019….