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Size | 36 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 100,000 items) |
Abstract | Records of the Carolina Vegetation Survey, a long-running multi-institution project to document plant life across North Carolina and South Carolina, including field surveys and data analysis reports. Though the project focuses on the Carolinas, there is also some data for locations in other states. |
Creator | Carolina Vegetation Survey. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jennifer Coggins, June 2019
Encoded by: Laura Smith, August 2019
Conscious Editing Work by: Nancy Kaiser, July 2023 (added statement about "Croatan")
NOTE: "Croatan" (or "Croatoan") is an identity term that was used by the Indigenous peoples of the Hatteras and Roanoke Islands in the late 16th century. In subsequent centuries, the Indigenous peoples of Sampson, Craven, Robeson, Cumberland, Hoke and Scotland counties in North Carolina were thought to be the descendants of the Croatan Indians and were so called by North Carolina state officials; however, many tribal nations existed and exist now in this area who prefer to use their own identity terms, including the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, and others.
In 2023, archivists examined the use of "Croatan" in Wilson Library archival collections and decided to leave this term in places where it refers to the Indigenous peoples of the Hatteras and Roanoke Islands, is part of a title, or is the proper name of a geographic feature or location. We have replaced "Croatan" with the appropriate identity term for materials that refer specifically to the groups noted above. When we are unable to make a determination, we use "Indigenous peoples." We recognize the complexity of this issue and welcome feedback on this decision at wilsonlibrary@unc.edu.
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The Carolina Vegetation Survey is a long-running multi-institution project to document plant life across North Carolina and South Carolina. Survey participants include scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC State University, Clemson University, Western Carolina University, the Citadel, the North Carolina Botanical Garden, the NC Natural Heritage Program, the Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, and the Plant Protection Program of the NC Department of Agriculture. The Survey sponsors a 10-day "pulse" event each year in which scientists and volunteers conduct an intensive study of a portion of North Carolina.
Back to TopMaterials include field surveys and data analysis reports, organized by project. Though the project focuses on the Carolinas, there is also some data for locations in other states. Original project numbers assigned by the Survey have been retained.
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