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Tag: NCU

Clifford R. Parks

Posted on January 20, 2023 (January 24, 2023) by Carol Ann McCormick

(March 22, 1936 – July 18, 2020)1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 50 specimens collected by Clifford R. Parks.  Without doubt more…

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Further Afield: Wilkerson Nature Preserve in Wake County, North Carolina

Posted on October 6, 2021 by Carol Ann McCormick

by Bryan England Preserve Manager, Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park   In the summer of 2021, the UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium received an unexpected specimen, a rare native wildflower…

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William Frederick Hinton

Posted on September 13, 2021 (September 14, 2021) by Carol Ann McCormick

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates only a handful of specimens collected by William Frederick Hinton, who always used “Fred Hinton” on his specimen labels. …

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Mildred Gant Stites Reed

Posted on September 13, 2021 (September 14, 2021) by Carol Ann McCormick

( 9 January 1912 – June 1967 )1 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has cataloged about 60 specimens collected by Mildred Gant Stites Reed. All…

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Alfred Cuthbert

Posted on September 11, 2021 (September 14, 2021) by Carol Ann McCormick

(August 1857 – 1932) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) has about a dozen specimens collected by Alfred Cuthbert.  About half are from Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia,…

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Welcome, new Herbarium students!

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Carol Ann McCormick

Five undergraduate students — some new, some returning — will be working in the Herbarium during the 2021-2022 academic year.  In addition, throughout the year we will welcome undergraduate classes…

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Weakley’s goldentop –– newly recognized, but of course, it’s been there all along!

Posted on September 1, 2021 (September 1, 2021) by Carol Ann McCormick

by Guy Nesom, Ph.D. Research Associate, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   The ‘weakley’ of Alan Weakley now also belongs with a species in the sunflower…

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Rebecca Ward Reynolds

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Carol Ann McCormick

(b. 2 October 1907 – 18 November 2001) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates about 20 vascular plant specimens and 11 bryophyte specimens collected by…

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Eugène Poilane

Posted on August 20, 2021 (August 20, 2021) by Carol Ann McCormick
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(16 March 1888 – 30 April 1964) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates 19 fungal specimens and 3 vascular plant specimens collected by Eugène Poilane.  As our…

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John Lewis Sheldon

Posted on August 18, 2021 (August 24, 2021) by Carol Ann McCormick

(10 November 1865 –  17 January 1947)8 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) curates few specimens collected by John Lewis Sheldon, who usually signed his labels…

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