Frederick Lyle Wynd - former Crater Lake NP Ranger Naturalist

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Frederick Lyle Wynd

Wynd (1904-1987) was a ranger-naturalist at Crater Lake National Park from 1923 to 1930. He was the first person to do major botanical work at the park.

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Early Interpreters and a Park Flora: F. Lyle Wynd, The Botanists at Crater Lake National Park by Elizabeth L. Horn, Kalmiopsis Volume 12, 2005

F. Lyle Wynd high school graduation photograph, 1923, from Eugene High School Yearbook. Courtesy of Lane County Historical Museum, Eugene, OR

Nature Notes From Crater Lake (articles by Wynd)

The Pines of Crater Lake - Vol. 1 No. 1 - July 1928
Hemlocks And Firs Of Crater Lake - Vol. 1 No. 2 - Aug. 1928
A Rare Fern From Crater Lake - Vol. 1 No. 3 - Sep. 1928
The Early Flowers - Vol. 2 No. 1 - July 1929
The Fruiting Bodies Of The Slime Molds - Vol. 2 No. 1 - July 1929
Poison! - Vol. 2 No. 2 - Aug. 1929
More Poison! - Vol. 2 No. 3 - Sep. 1929
Eagles - Vol. 2 No. 3 - Sep. 1929
Some Late Flowers - Vol. 2 No. 3 - Sep. 1929
Triplets - Vol. 3 No. 1 - July 1930
Orchids - Vol. 3 No. 1 - July 1930
Introduction - Vol. 3 No. 2 - Aug. 1930
untitled - Vol. 3 No. 2 - Aug. 1930
The Pink Monkey Flower - Vol. 3 No. 2 - Aug. 1930
Wolves - Vol. 3 No. 2 - Aug. 1930
A Glaciated Surface - Vol. 3 No. 2 - Aug. 1930
Cones - Vol. 3 No. 3 - Sep. 1930
Introduction - Vol. 3 No. 3 - Sep. 1930

Bibliography (Partial)

Wynd, F. Lyle, The Ferns of Crater Lake National Park, American Fern Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2 (Apr. - Jun., 1929), pp. 37-41
Wynd, F. Lyle, The flora of Crater Lake National Park, The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 17, No. 6 (Nov., 1936), pp. 881-949.
Wynd, F. Lyle, The Botanical Features of the Life Zones of Crater Lake National Park, The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Mar., 1941), pp. 324-347.
Love, R.M., Frederick Lyle Wynd (1904-1987), Pioneering botanist at Crater Lake National Park, Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Oregon, 2002.