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Carl Sharsmith
American naturalist and park ranger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Carl William Sharsmith (March 14, 1903 ā October 14, 1994) was an American naturalist and Yosemite park ranger, notable for his knowledge and interpretation of the natural history of the Sierra Nevada. He taught botany at various universities, and was the first botanist to comprehensively document the alpine flora of the high Sierra Nevada.
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