William Willard Ashe [SEP] place of death
date, the University of North Carolina Herbarium has entered over 2,340 of his collected specimens into their database. Additionally, eight species have been named in his honor and bear the eponym "ashei".
Ashe also perfected commercial longleaf pine cultivation, and he published widely in forest economics, management, and research. In total, he produced 167 titles, including works on botany, public parks, and dendrology.
Death.
William Willard Ashe died on March 18, 1932 in Washington, D.C. He is buried in
William Willard Ashe
William Willard Ashe (June 4, 1872 – March 18, 1932) was an American forester and botanist. He was known as a prolific collector of plant specimens and an early proponent of conservationism in the Southern United States.
Early life.
Ashe was born in Raleigh, North Carolina to Samuel A'Court Ashe (1840 – 1938) and Hannah Emerson Willard. He was the oldest of nine children and grew up on the family's antebellum estate "Elmwood," where he spent much of his