Elsie Quarterman

Elsie Quarterman (November 28, 1910 – June 9, 2014) was a prominent plant ecologist.

She is also credited with rediscovering the native Tennessee coneflower, Echinacea tennesseensis, which was thought to be extinct, in 1969.

[3] She supervised seven doctoral students, including Stewart Ware, a plant ecologist at the College of William and Mary, and Carol and Jerry Baskin, professors at the University of Kentucky.

[6] The Tennessee Academy of Science honored Quarterman with the 2003 Distinguished College/University Scientist Award.

The Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade, a 185-acre (0.75 km2) natural area that is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Percy Priest Reservoir and Wildlife Management Area near La Vergne, Tennessee, is named in her honor.