G. Mason
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Name
Georgia Mason
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Dates
1910 - 8 Oct 2007
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Roles
Collector, Determiner
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Movement Details
United States of America
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Notes
From Flora of North America Newsletter 22(2): 26-27. 2008.
Georgia Mason
1910–2007
Oregon botanist Georgia Mason died in EugeneSpringfield, Oregon, on October 8, 2007, at the
age of 97. Ms. Mason played an important role in
Oregon botany. She was Curator of the University of
Oregon (UO) Herbarium in Eugene in 1961–62 and
from 1969 to 1976. She earned a B.A. degree from
Montclair State University in New Jersey in 1941, and
an M.S. from Oregon State University in 1960. She
was an expert on the flora of the Wallowa Mountains
of northeast Oregon and also catalogued the wetland
plants of the Willamette Valley. After her retirement
from the UO, she taught field botany at the local
Community College and led educational botany walks
in the Eugene area. Later she lived a quiet life with
her beloved dogs. Georgia Mason has approximately
4,550 herbarium sheets at the Oregon State University
Herbarium in Corvallis.
Georgia Mason published two books: The first was
her Guide to the Plants of the Wallowa Mountains of
Northeastern Oregon (UO Museum of Natural
History, 1975). She revised the book in 1980 and it
remains in print. Her second book was Plants of Wet
to Moist Habitats in and Around Eugene Oregon
(self-published, 1982).
Donations in Georgia Mason’s name may be made
to the Oregon Flora Project c/o L. Hardison, Botany
Department, Oregon State University, Cordley Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331. -
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