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

2004
Jan. - Feb. 2004:	In the Footsteps of Andre Michaux? by Alan S. Weakley (Harry LeGrand's re-discovery of Paronychia herniarioides in NC)
March - April 2004:	The Curious Case of the Disappearing Asters by Alan S. Weakley (recent changes to Aster nomenclature)
May - June 2004:	A new Flora for the Old Dominion by Alan S. Weakley (Flora of Virginia project)
July - August 2004:	What is a "sycamore?" ... & other uncommon common names by Alan S. Weakley
Sept. - Oct. 2004:	Ferns of the Southeastern United States by Lisa M. Giencke (databasing of NCU's fern collection)

2003
Jan. - Feb. 2003:	Christmas gifts in the Herbarium by Alan S. Weakley (transferring Dartmouth Herbarium specimens to UNC Herbarium)
March - April 2003:	The “Piedmont laurel” and William Chambers Coker by Alan S. Weakley (Piedmont disjuncts)
May - June 2003:	A new lily in the Carolinas? by Alan S. Weakley (Lilium pyrophilum)
May - June 2003:	A new lily and the Southeast’s unique flora by Peter S. White (endemics of the southeastern United States)
July - August 2003:	Meadow Clams by Alan S. Weakley (rare plant conservation in NC)
Sept. - Oct. 2003:	Sleuthing in the UNC Herbarium by Carol Ann McCormick (Amsonia ludoviciana specimens & re-introduction to Mississippi)
Sept. - Oct. 2003:	Lisa Giencke hired as first Mary McKee Felton Herbarium Intern
Nov. - Dec. 2003:	The Piedmont -- the in-between land? by Alan S. Weakley (Piedmont endemics)

2002
Jan. - Feb. 2002:	An orchid by any other name... by Carol Ann McCormick (Spiranthes eatonii nomenclature and annotation of herbarium specimens)
March - April 2002:	An old lamp sheds new light by Richard LeBlond (Solidago villosicarpa and the value of herbaria in discovering new species of plants)
May - June 2002:	Alan Weakley named Curator of the UNC Herbarium
Sept. - Oct. 2002:	Carl Sandburg, The Confederate States of America and the UNC Herbarium by Carol Ann McCormick (Edward Read Memminger and using herbarium specimens to target present-day plant finding)
Nov. - Dec. 2002:	Tropical flotsam and jetsam by Alan S. Weakley (Ipomoea pes-caprae in NC)
2001
Sept. - Oct. 2001:	The art and science of preserving plants by Carol Ann McCormick (herbarium labels)

Curriculum                               North Carolina                                 UNC
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University of North Carolina Herbarium
CB# 3280, Coker Hall
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
phone: (919) 962-6931
fax: (919) 962-6930
email: herbarium@bio.unc.edu  

Last Updated: 23 February 2007