Helen Vandervort Smith
American botanist and paleobotanist
About Helen Vandervort Smith
Lived 1909 – 1995 (aged 85–86). Helen Vandervort Smith was an American botanist, botanical collector and paleobotanist.
Helen Vandervort Smith (March 3, 1909 – August 3, 1995) was an American botanist, known for her work on wildflowers and mushrooms.
Biography Helen Vandervort Smith was born to Orma and Ora Smith in Jamestown, Ohio, in 1909. As a young child, she moved with her family to the area of Caldwell, Idaho, where she grew up. Also a watercolor painter, she produced various illustrations of North American mushrooms and other flora.
In 1995, at age 86, she died in Corvallis, Oregon, where she had moved in her later years. A wildflower garden at the University of Michigan's Matthaei Botanical Gardens was named in Smith's honor.
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American botanist and paleobotanist (1909-1995)
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