Devoted to Dalea

can find D. purpurea in Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, and Mississippi and throughout the midwest and Canada. D. purpurea looks like the giant twin of D. cahaba and D. gattingeri with…

Mary Steed Stipe Eyles

(7 March 1917 – 29 August 2005) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged eight vascular plant specimens collected by Mary S. Stipe Eyles; many…

William Wirt Calkins

…Lucy V. born 1859 and Jennie born 1862. Both had the surname Calkins, so perhaps were adopted by Calkins after marrying their mother.) William Wirt Calkins, Louisa Hossack Calkins, and…

Stephen Gaddy Boyce

…grasses in North Carolina. Castanea 17(2): 73-77. Wells, B. W. and Steve G. Boyce. 1953. Carolina Bays: Additional data on their origin, age and history. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell…

Abbé Auguste Barthelemy Langlois

…1985-1986; institutions that received portions of LCU included Canadian Museum of Nature (CAN), Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM), Delaware State University (DOV), Field Musuem (F), United States National Arboretum…

Albion Reed Hodgdon

…thesis on the Flora of Strafford County, NH. He continued to contribute specimens throughout his career from field work in New England, Alaska, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Caribbean, and the…

Botanical Art Fundamentals Program

…North Carolina art professionals and botany professionals. The program can be completed entirely online, but you may opt to take classes in-person as well. To complete the program, you must…

Tree Cores Come to the Herbarium

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curator, UNC Herbarium In January, I got a phone call asking if the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) could curate tree cores…

Garden Shop Now Online!

You can now order from our Garden Shop online! From botanical t-shirts to gardening books to native wildflower seeds to crafts by local artists, you’re sure to find an awesome…