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Bruce Sorrie


Bruce is co-author of the Vascular Plants of North Carolina site. He is a Research Associate at the UNC-Chapel Hill Herbarium, where he delves into taxonomic "problem" species and genera of vascular plants. Formerly, Sorrie conducted county-level natural area surveys for the NC Natural Heritage Program. Bruce is author or co-author of over 100 botanical papers, primarily dealing with floristics, distribution, and endemism in the North American Coastal Plain. His most recent paper treats the entire flora of the NC Outer Banks.