Morton Eaton Peck (1871–1959) was an American

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

specializing in flora of

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.Morton Peck, Oregon Encyclopedia
/ref> He was professor of botany at

Willamette University Willamette University is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college with locations in Salem, Oregon, Salem and Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1842, it is the oldest college in the Western United ...

. He wrote '' Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon''. Botanist

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commented that Peck's Oregon plant collection was "the most complete, so far as I know that exists."

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American botanists Willamette University faculty 1871 births 1959 deaths {{US-botanist-stub