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8430
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George Vanderbilt had a curiosity about nature, and he financially supported extensive botanical activities at his Biltmore estate near Asheville. Five individuals were involved in the botanical work: Chauncy Delos Beadle, Frank Ellis Boynton, Francis Marian Crayton, Charles Lawrence Boynton, and Thomas Grant Harbison. The estate had widespread plant collections, a large herbarium, and a journal, Biltmore Botanical Studies. The botanical work was discontinued after a few years, but it made a significant contribution to the knowledge of the flora of the southeastern United States.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 122 Issue 4, Winter 2006,
p135-141, bibl
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25501
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Patricia Gensel is a UNC professor of biology and studies plant fossils. Scientists have traditionally believed that plants began to develop wood for structural support during the Devonian period. After studying the world’s oldest wood samples, Gensel is convinced that the plant adaptation is related more to water use and storage than to support.
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28168
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Aletris is a genus of flowering plants which has a disjunct distribution in eastern North America and eastern Asia. A complete distribution of Aletris has not been documented until now. Distribution and habitat information were recorded from correspondence with herbarium curators and from specimens obtained from North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and other universities.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 118 Issue 1, Spring 2002,
p44-49, il, map, bibl
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34581
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North Carolina State University Libraries is teaming up with paleobotanist Elisabeth Wheeler in order to catalog thousands of species of wood. The collection, “Inside Wood”, will be available on the free public database, and showcase thousands of samples from different trees around the world. Wheeler has also donated her personal collection of 25,000 samples to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences.
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28205
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Many early scientists contributed to our understanding of botany in North Carolina. The efforts of forty-two pioneering researchers are describe, from the identification and collection of unknown species to seminal publications and technical papers.
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Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science
(NoCar Q 11 J68x), Vol. 119 Issue 3, Fall 2003,
p111-119, bibl
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20771
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McDowell was an early botanists intrigued by the flora of western North Carolina. Born in South Carolina, McDowell moved to the state in 1826 and worked as a pioneer landholder, tailor, and naturalist in Macon County until his death on July 14, 1879. McDowell worked with other regional and national botanist during this period to catalog and identify native species in western North Carolina.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 41 Issue 4, Oct 1964,
p425-435, f
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25815
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Biologist Jeff Dangl studies the immune systems of plants. His research works on sequencing the genomes of plants and plant pathogens in hopes of identifying the disease-resistance genes of plants that humans rely on.
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