Nandina Fruits Can Be Toxic to Birds

…The time was right to determine directly whether nandina berries contain cyanide. Starting in February of 2021, over the next twelve months, Scott Zona, a research collaborator with the Herbarium,…

Ken E. Rogers

…Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 95(5): 423-424. Rogers, Ken E. and J.K. Underwood (1968) Some noteworthy Tennessee plants. Castanea 33(3): 260-261. SOURCES: 1. http://www.usm.edu/herbarium/about_us.htm accessed on 19 May 2021. 2. Rogers,…

Further Afield: Strolling Around Purgatory

…SOURCES: 1. Roznick, Betsy. 2021. Spend some time in Purgatory: Exploring the Zoo’s Purgatory Mountain. https://www.nczoo.org/blog/spend-some-time-purgatory-exploring-zoos-purgatory-mountain accessed on 19 Nov 2023. 2. Weakley, A.S., and Southeastern Flora Team. 2024. Flora…

Mabelle M. Bradford

…Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. 13. “Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KB8C-BBK : 31 August 2021), Mabelle M Greaves, 1918. CITE THIS ARTICLE: McCormick, C….

Katherine Augusta Taylor

…accessed on 13 December 2011. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52888885 accessed on 3 July 2013. Record created by Mike Hahn on 26 May 2010. Data Portal. 2021. http//:sernecportal.org/index.php. Accessed on October 07.    …

James Arthur Doubles, Jr.

…Carolina at Chapel Hill   Compiled by Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, NCU, 2018. Updated 2021. Special thanks to Meredith Tozzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Alumni Records Office….

When Hairy Met the Herbarium

…an eminent mycologist and his fungal and botanical collections formed the nucleus of the Herbarium. In April, 2021 the North Carolina Botanical Garden will host the Mid-Atlantic States Mycological Conference…

Charles Fuller Baker

…Baker IN: Baker, James Stannard. 1980. Joseph Stannard Baker Memoirs from 1838 to 1865. Excerpts courtesy of Conrad Leighton. Personal communication, email from Leighton to McCormick, 22 March 2021.  …