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…

Paul W. Gabrielson

…calicification patters support a monophyletic, subarctic, carbonate reef-forming Clathromorphum (Hapalidiaceae, Corallinales, Rhodophyta). Journal of Phycology 51: 189-203. Lindstrom, S. C., P. W. Gabrielson, J. R. Hughey, E. C. Macaya, and…

Plant Sales are Back!

…about the size, shape, and cultural requirements of the plants on the list. Email your order to our nursery manager, Matt Gocke at gocke@email.unc.edu. Pro tip: you can download a…

Botanical Art Fundamentals Program

…Beginning Drawing (Core) Beginning Watercolor (Elective) Botany (Core) Composition (Core) Flowering Plant Families (Core) Botany for the Artist (Core) Year 2 Botanical Sketchbook (Core) Intermediate Expressive Watercolor (Elective) Pen and…

New Lichens in The Old North State

…repository commonly called Lichen Portal. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, along with about 170 other herbaria world-wide, catalog lichen specimens to this Consortium. By having specimens cataloged…

Dr. John Loomis Blodgett

(1809 – 1853) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates two vascular plant specimens collected by Dr. John Loomis Blodgett. Both came to NCU in a…

Orchids: Masters of Deception

…of communication, are orchids the epitome of my conclusion that communication never evolves to avoid deception? Does this thorough reliance on deception explain any of the many extraordinary features of…

Rachel Milner Fell Treakle

…integration after the Civil War. On April 24, 1867 a citizens’ meeting in Normal discussed the topic. Fell was outraged that “colored children were excluded from the public schools and…

Elsie Julia Gibson Whitney

…are buried in Blue Mountain Cemetery in Ryegate Corner, Caledonia County, Vermont.4 Gravestone of Elsie Gibson Whitney in Blue Mountain Cemetery in Rygate Corner, Caledonia County, Vermont. Image courtesy of…