Carnivorous Conservation

…species list. As wild populations suffer due to poaching and habitat loss, UNC researchers work to preserve these carnivorous wonders through genetic testing and seed banking. In the brush of…

George Andrew Christenberry

(3 September 1915 – 21 April 2009) Photo: Augusta College Yearbook, 1978 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates 36 specimens collected by George Andrew Christenberry,…

John R. Bozeman

…specimen exchange program in the University of North Carolina Herbarium]. He was hard-working, pleasant, and neat, in addition to having a sound botanical background and a basic understanding of the…

Wade Thomas Batson, Jr.

…Year Award; 1976, Education Conservationist of the Year by South Carolina Wildlife Federation; 1982, Order of the Palmetto Award presented by Governor Richard Riley who hosted his Retirement Party at…

New boardwalk open at Mason Farm

We’re thrilled to announce the completion of a 450-foot boardwalk at Mason Farm Biological Reserve that enables visitors to again travel the full 1.8-mile Old Farm Trail. Mason Farm Biological…

Gertrude I. Grimsley Scott

…America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. 1929 Pine Needles, yearbook of the North…

Random Walk through the Herbarium

…Chapel Hill. Alas, when Union Bridge was replaced ca. 1995 the river bank was heavily disturbed.1 Dr. Radford visited Varnals Creek (sometimes called “Vernal Creek” on labels) several times. On…

Orchids: Masters of Deception

…F. Whigham, and John P. O’Neill. 2012. Limitations on orchid recruitment: not a simple picture. Molecular Ecology 21: 1511-1523. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05468.x https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/journals/pnw_2012_mccormick001.pdf Top photo: Aplectrum hyemale by Alan M. Cressler…

Egbert Hamilton Walker

…in 1930, as his first scientific paper. NCU curates vascular plant specimens collected by E. H. Walker (1899-1991). Photo from Meyer. 1992. Taxon 41(3): 618. Again Prof. Bartlett befriended Egbert…