Plants

Plants
Beers, Alma Holland
by . Beers, Alma Holland By Claire Richie, 2019 10 Jan. 1892-31 Oct. 1974  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Cactus flowers in Otavalo, Ecuador
by Freeman, Margery. Cactus flowers in Otavalo, EcuadorPurple flowers bloom on a cactus plant.This cactus is from the highlands region of Ecuador. Ecuador has begun developing its vast oil reserves, but the country still [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Canebrakes
by Norris, David A. Canebrakes were large tracts of giant cane plants (Arundinaria gigantea), an evergreen relative of bamboo that once grew across great stretches of North Carolina and the Southeast, often along rivers [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Carnivorous plant, Venus Flytrap
by Case, Steven, Kemp, Amy. State Carnivorous Plant of North Carolina: Venus Flytrap by Steven Case and Amy Kemp, 2017 NC Government & Heritage Library. See also: North Carolina State Symbols and Official [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Chinquapin
by Southern, David. Chinquapin, or "chinkapin," is a diminutive cousin of the American chestnut. Although their name derives from eastern-dwelling Algonquian Indian language, chinquapin trees are known as far west as [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Coker Arboretum
by Williams, Wiley J. The Coker Arboretum on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a five-acre showplace that highlights plants of the temperate Southeast, their East Asian counterparts, [...] (from Encyclopedia of North Carolina, University of North Carolina Press.)
Cotton boll close-up
by . Cotton boll close-up Close-up photo of cotton boll, showing the seed embedded in the [...] (from Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.)
Curtis, Moses Ashley
by Powell, William S. Moses Ashley Curtis was a priest, teacher, botanist, enslaver, and mycologist. He was born in Stockbridge, Mass., the son of Jared and Thankful Ashley Curtis. His earliest education was [...] (from Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, University of North Carolina Press.)
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