In memoriam: Seville Flowers (1900–1968)

Authors

William H. Behle, University of Utah

Abstract

Seville Flowers was the foremost authority of his time on cryptogamic botany in the intermountain region, having published monographs on the mosses, lichens, and ferns of Utah. He also had strong interests in algae, grasses, composites, and the history of botany. In addition to his systematic research, his expertise extended to field ecology. Early in his career he made a classic study of the vegetation of the Great Salt Lake region that led in later years to his participation in the ecological studies at Dugway Proving Grounds in western Utah. Still later he had charge of the predam vegetative surveys of several reservoir sites along the Upper Colorado River, including Glen Canyon, which was later submerged under Lake Powell. He served as professor of botany at the University of Utah from 1936 to 1968. His professional career started in 1929. A bibliography of his writings is included in this account of his life and professional career.

Recommended Citation

Behle, William H. (1984) "In memoriam: Seville Flowers (1900–1968)," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 44: No. 2, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol44/iss2/2