Morton Peck

{{short description|American botanist (1871–1959)}}

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|name=Morton Peck

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|birth_name=Morton Eaton Peck

|birth_date={{birth year|1871}}

|death_date={{death year and age|1959|1871}}

|nationality=American

|occupation=Botanist

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Morton Eaton Peck (1871–1959) was an American botanist specializing in flora of Oregon.[http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/peck_morton_1871_1959_/#.VCiLSizn_IU Morton Peck, Oregon Encyclopedia] He was professor of botany at Willamette University. He wrote Manual of the Higher Plants of Oregon. Botanist Arthur Cronquist commented that Peck's Oregon plant collection was "the most complete, so far as I know that exists."

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