Edwin Lynn Bridges

…combinations have mostly been in the order Poales (including species of Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Juncaceae, Xyridaceae, and Eriocaulaceae), in addition to new species and combinations in Asteraceae and Euphorbiaceae. He is…

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…

Anne Elizabeth Bowden McCrary

…all-around naturalist.” He “inherited” her invertebrate collections in 1991 upon her retirement from UNC-W. He has incorporated them into the teaching collection for Invertebrate Zoology.7 Anne McCrary, undated Photograph courtesy…

Heinrich “Henry” Karl Daniel Eggert

the Eggerts were born in Illinois, others were born in Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Bohemia and Austria.1 By 1910, Henry had died, and August continued in the

George Shuford Ramseur

…UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. 2. “U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012”; School Name: University of the South; Year: 1961. Ancestry.com. U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com…

Robert M. Downs

…UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. 5. tributesNH; Publication Place: City, New Hampshire, USA; URL: http://www.shellyfuneralhomes.com/book-of-memories/2706151/Learn-Betty/service-details.php. Ancestry.com. U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006….

Joseph Hicks Pyron

…finished. I don’t know why. Joe was a wonderful illustrator – he never had any formal training in it that I know of – but he was very talented. I…

New Species of Foamflower

…home using its Latin name, which means “little crown.” Others would call it “foamflower.” It’s easy to recognize and a beautiful plant growing in beautiful places. Perhaps fewer know that…

Charles Clinton Lindley, Jr.

…In 1946 the family moved to Bonlee in Chatham County, North Carolina. Lindley Sr. was principal of Bonlee High School, and Clint graduated from that school in 1950. He earned…