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The University of North Carolina
Herbarium
A Department of the North Carolina Botanical Garden


 

 

 

Marshallia legrandii Weakley
newly named wildflower for North Carolina & Virginia

 

Noteworthy Accessions: January-March, 2013

 

Hard-bound copies of Weakley’s
Flora of the Southern & Mid-Atlantic States (May 2011 draft)
are available for purchase.  Call (919) 962-6931 to order.  $65.00 per copy (includes shipping).
Also available at the North Carolina Botanical Garden Giftshop.
To use free, electronic version, use link at left. 

 

Featured Collector:  C. Ritchie Bell (10 April 1921 - 6 March 2013)

 

The Herbarium welcomes new staff member Shanna Oberreiter to our midst!
Shanna is answering the phone, taking FLORA orders, arranging the parking permit,
databasing, mounting & sewing specimens… and a whole lot more.

 

  

 

Dionaea muscipula Ellis

Venus Fly Trap is endemic to the Coastal Plain of southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina. It is the logo of the University of North Carolina Herbarium (NCU).

The University of North Carolina Herbarium is a world-wide collection of vascular plants, non-vascular plants, fossils, algae, fungi, and lichens.

The Herbarium is open to scholars and the public weekdays from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Contact Asst. Curator Carol Ann McCormick at (919) 962 6931 to arrange a visit and to arrange parking on campus.

 

Mailing / shipping address:

University of North Carolina Herbarium
CB #3280 Coker Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3280 U.S.A.
Telephone :  +1 919 962 6931
Fax:  +1 919 962 6930
 
The MISSION of the University of North Carolina Herbarium

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
and North Carolina Botanical Garden is:

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
To inspire understanding, appreciation, and conservation of plants in gardens & natural areas,

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
and to advance a sustainable relationship between people & nature.