Bryophytes

Marvelous Mosses!

lepidopteran — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:55:31 +0000

Marvelous Mosses! lepidopteran Fri, 02/27/2026 - 17:55

Sat, Mar 21 2026, 10am - 12pm

Location: Durant Nature Preserve

Description: Mosses and liverworts are tiny plants. They don't look like much at first glance, but they are amazing, in their diversity and their adaptations. And they are homes for many tiny living things. We may bring some mosses inside to look under the microscope for creatures that live inside the mosses. Bring a warm coat! Children must be accompanied by adults. Pre-registration is required.

Cost: $5

Registration link

Marvelous Mosses!

lepidopteran — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 04:25:52 +0000

Marvelous Mosses! lepidopteran Sat, 03/15/2025 - 00:25

Sat, Mar 22 2025, 10am - 12pm

Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman for a program at Durant Nature Preserve.

Mosses and liverworts are tiny plants. They don't look like much at first glance, but they are amazing, in their diversity and their adaptations. And they are homes for many tiny living things. We may bring some mosses inside to look under the microscope for creatures that live inside the mosses. Bring a warm coat! Children must be accompanied by adults. Pre-registration is required.

Cost: $5

Chenia leptophylla (Pottiaceae) New to North Carolina

lepidopteran — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 04:48:01 +0000

Chenia leptophylla (Pottiaceae) New to North Carolina lepidopteran Sat, 03/02/2024 - 23:48

Chenia leptophylla is reported new to North Carolina based on a single population in Harnett County. Selected locations of global distribution and all known state distribution within the U.S.A. are presented with commonly used synonyms. A brief description of newly discovered foliar rhizoids and phenological forms as observed in North Carolina plants is included.

https://bioone.org/journals/evansia/volume-38/issue-3/0747-9859-38.3.130/----Cu…

David DuMond, Blanka Aguero, Jame Amoroso

2021

David M. DuMond, Blanka Aguero, and Jame L. Amoroso "Chenia leptophylla (Pottiaceae) New to North Carolina," Evansia 38(3), 130-135, (29 September 2021). https://doi.org/10.1639/0747-9859-38.3.130

Bryophytes

Durant Nature Preserve Program: Marvelous Mosses

lepidopteran — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 10:10:09 +0000

Durant Nature Preserve Program: Marvelous Mosses lepidopteran Sat, 02/24/2024 - 05:10

Sat, Mar 23 2024, 10am - 12pm

Join NCBP member Tracy Feldman at Durant Nature Preserve in Raleigh for a program on bryophyte ecology.

Description: Mosses and liverworts are tiny plants. They don't look like much at first glance, but they are amazing, in their diversity and their adaptations. And they are homes for many tiny living things. We may bring
some mosses inside to look under the microscope for creatures that live inside the mosses. Bring a warm
coat! Children must be accompanied by adults. Pre-registration is required.

UNC Herbarium

lepidopteran — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 07:51:30 +0000

UNC Herbarium lepidopteran Thu, 02/02/2023 - 02:51

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill's extensive herbarium collection is managed by the NC Botanical Garden, and is the premier repository of plant, fungi, specimens in the region. With over 800,000 specimens dating back to the 1800s, the herbarium is an excellent resource for plant identification and distribution in the Southeast. In addition to vascular plants and fungi, the herbarium's searchable collection includes bryophytes, lichens, and algae.

Resource Link

https://ncbg.unc.edu/research/unc-herbarium/