> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 60](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259564) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2641-1) LSID 2641-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6045013) QID Q6045013 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Fassett, Norman Carter|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* Fassett, Norman Carter (1900-1954), American botanist, born 27 Mar 1900 in Ware, Mass., attended school in Leominster, Mass., B.S. 1922, M.A. 1923 and Ph.D. 1925 Harvard Univ., Cambridge, Mass., teaching asst. in mycology, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass. 1923-1924, instructor 1925, Asst. Prof. 1929, Assoc. Prof. 1937, full Prof. 1944 and Curator of the herb. 1937-1954, all Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, member *Cinchona* expeds. in Colombia during W.W.-II, president, A.S.P.T. 1954, specialist in aquatic plants, died 14 Sep 1954 at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. **Abbreviated name**: *Fassett* \[standard form in IPNI: *Fassett*\] #### Herbarium and types Colombia (1929): [[Collection COL|COL]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MEDEL|MEDEL]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection WIS|WIS]]; U.S.A. and Canada: [[Collection WIS|WIS]] (ca. 30,000, orig.), duplicates [[Collection DUKE|DUKE]], [[Collection GH|GH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection MO|MO]], [[Collection MT|MT]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection TRT|TRT]], [[Collection US|US]], [[Collection WS|WS]]; also [[Collection ITIC|ITIC]]. – Some letters at [[Collection MO|MO]] (Joseph A. Ewan corr.). #### Bibliography and biography Amer. Men Sci. ed. 8: 752-753; APN p. 195; Barnhart 1: 528; BL 1: 185, 222, 295; Bossert p. 122; Ewan Pap. p. 67; Frodin ed. 2: 206; Hirsch p. 80; Hortus 3: 1192; IH 2: 191; Kew 2: 238; Langman p. 275-276; Lenley p. 163; MW p. 112; NAF 28B(2): 329, ser. 2(2): 156, ser. 2(5): 238; NW p. 45 (index); Pennell p. 606; Portr. 3: 419; Rhodora, index p. 314-315; Strid p. 107, ed. 2: 151; TL-2/1: 814-815; Tucker 3: 104; Zander ed. 10: 658, ed. 11: 748, ed. 17: 947. #### Biofile - Anon., Intl. address book botanists: 466. 1931; Madison Wisconsin State Journal \[newspaper\]. 15 Sep 1954; Dictionary of Wisconsin History (electronic resource). - Anderson, E. & R.M. Tryon, 1955. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 82: 248-250. (portr.) - Bean, E.F. et al., 1954. Castanea 19: 122-125. - Bruch, D. & H. Iltis, 1966. Bibl. Norman Carter Fassett 1900-1954, Madison, Wisconsin: cover-t.p., p. \[1\]-6. (mimeogr.) - Greene, H.C. & J.T. Curtis, 1955. Bibl. Wisconsin vegetation: 73. (index) - Mears, J.A., 1981. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 133: 150. - Peattie, D.C., 1954. Rhodora 56: 233-242. - Pringle, J.S., 1995. Canad. Field-Naturalist 109: 379. (index) - Thomson, J.W., 1955. Taxon 4: 49-51. (portr.) #### Outside our period - (1) Co-author with Rolla M. Tryon, Jr. (1916-2001), D.W. Dunlop & M.E. Diemer, *The ferns and fern allies of Wisconsin*... \[Madison, Wisconsin\] (Dept. of Botany, Univ. of Wisconsin), v, 158 p. 1940; Ed. 2 (revised)... 1953. - (2) *Grasses of Wisconsin*... \[Madison, Wisconsin\] (Univ. of Wisconsin Press), 173 p. 1951, with an essay entitled "The vegetation of Wisconsin" by John Thomas Curtis (1913-1961); Ed. 2... 1997. #### Note The entry for *Man. aquat. pl.*... 1940 (TL-2/1, nr. 1743) can be updated as follows: *Ed. 1*: 1940 (pref. Apr 1940), p. \[i\]-vii, \[1\]-382. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, NY(2), PE, US. *Ed. 2*: 1957, Revised (revision appendix by Eugene Cecil Ogden, 1905-x), p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-405, Madison \[Wisconsin\] (The Univ. of Wisconsin Press). *Copies*: G, HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY (n.v.), US(2). *Note*: Additional printings in 1960, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1980 and 1985, at least. *Ref*.: Frey, D.G., Limnology Oceanogr. 2(3): 297. Jul 1957 (rev.). - Fairbrothers, D.E., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 84(4): 320-321. Jul-Aug 1957 (rev.). - Ewan, J., Quart. Rev. Biol. 32(4): 391-392. Dec 1957 (rev.). - *Facsimile reprint* \[*Ed. 1*\]: 1992... Bikaner (Agro Botanical Publishers (India))... p. \[iii\]-vii, \[1\]-382. *Copy*: BM; \[another printing\]: 2000... Jodhpur (Agrobios)... 382 p. - *Copy*: (n.v.). - *Reprint* \[*ed. not stated*\]: 2006,... \[Madison, Wisconsin\] (Univ. of Wisconsin Press). *Copy*: (n.v.). - *Rev. enlarged & retitled ed.*: Crow, Garrett E\[ugene\]. (1942-x) & C\[arl\]. Barre Hellquist (1940-x), *Aquatic* and *wetland plants* of *northeastern North America*, Madison, Wisconsin (Univ. of Wisconsin Press), vol. 1 (Pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms: Dicotyledons): lv, 480 p.; vol. 2 (Angiosperms: Monocotyledons): lv, 400 p. \[Jun\] 2000. - *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, NY (n.v.), US; First paperback ed., Id.... \[Aug\] 2005. *Copy*: (n.v.). - *Ref*.: Ceska, A. & O. Ceska, 2000. BEN \[Botanical Electronic News\] nr. 261 \[Dec 12\] (rev.). - Padgett, D.J., Pl. Sci. Bull. 47(1): 33. Spring 2001 (rev.). ### Publications ##### n.33.920. study **Title** A *study* of the genus *Zizania*... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Aug 1924 (in journal), p. \[153\]-160. *Copies*: HH, K (n.v.), NY, U. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 26(308): 153-160. 1924. ##### n.33.921. variety **Title** A new *variety* of *Bidens heterodoxa*... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1924. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Sep 1924 (in journal), p. \[177\]-178. *Copies*: HH, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 26(309): 177-178. 1924. ##### n.33.922. Notes **Title** *Notes* on the *flora* of *Boothbay*, Maine... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*1*\]: 14 Mai 1925 (in journal, journal cover and reprint dated Apr 1925), p. \[53\]-56. *Copies*: G, HH, K (n.v.), U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 27(316): 53-56. 1925. 2: 28 Jan 1927 (in journal), p. \[1, unnumb.\]. *Copies*: G, HH, K (n.v.), NY, U, US. – Id. 29(337): 14. 1927. *3*: 1 Aug 1932 (in journal), p. \[1, unnumb.\]. *Copies*: HH, K (n.v.), U. – Id. 34(404): 167-168. 1932. \[Title: *Pogonia ophioglossoides* (Linn.) Ker, f. *albiflora* Rand & Redfield.in Sphagnum, Ocean Point\]. ##### n.33.923. Notes **Title** *Notes* on *Distichilis*... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Mai 1925 (in journal, reprint dated Apr 1925), p. \[67\]-72. *Copies*: G, HH, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 27(316): 67-72. 1925. ##### n.33.924. Bidens eatoni **Title** *Bidens eatoni* and its varieties... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 26 Sep 1925 (in journal, reprint dated Aug 1925), p. \[142\]-146. *Copies*: BM, HH, NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 27(320): 142-146. 1925. *Ref*.: Mattfeld, J., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62(Lit.): 65-66. 15 Mai 1929 (rev.). ##### n.33.925. Bidens hyperborea **Title** *Bidens hyperborea* and its varieties... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 24 Oct 1925 (in journal, reprint dated Sep 1925), p. \[166\]-171. *Copies*: HH, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 27(321): 166-171. 1925. ##### n.33.926. key **Title** A *key* to the *northeastern American* species of *Bidens*... Reprinted from Rhodora ... 1925. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 5 Nov 1925 (in journal, reprint dated Oct 1925), p. \[184\]-185. *Copies*: HH, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 27(322): 184-185. 1925. ##### n.33.927. Notes **Title** *Notes* from the *herbarium* of the *University* of *Wisconsin* – 1\[-18\]...\[Rhodora\] 1927-\[1939\]. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*. \[*1*\]: 21 Nov 1927 (in journal), p. \[227\]-234. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 29(347): 227-234. 1927. *2*: 9 Mar 1928 (in journal, reprint dated Feb 1928), p. \[31\]-35, *pl. 160* (uncol. draw. by auth.). *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US(2). – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 30(350): 31-35, *pl. 160.* 1928. \[Title: *Bidens connata* and its varieties in Wisconsin\]. *3*: 31 Oct 1928 (in journal), p. \[205\]-207. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 30(358): 205-207. 1928. *4*: 1 Mar 1929 (in journal), p. \[49\]-53. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 31(363): 49-53. 1929. *5*: 8 Mar 1930 (in journal), p. \[57\]-59. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 32(375): 57-59. 1930. *6*: 7 Mar 1931 (in journal), p. \[73\]-76 \[sic\]. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 33(387): 73-75. 1931. *7*: 14 Nov 1931 (in journal), p. \[224\]-228. *Copies*: HH, NY, U, US. – Id. 33(395): 224-228. 1931. *8*: 4 Mai 1932 (in journal), p. \[95\]-96. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US(2). – Id. 34(401): 95-96. 1932. *9*: 3 Jun 1933 (in journal), p. \[199\]-202. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 35(414): 199-202. 1933. *10*: 7 Dec 1933 (in journal), p. \[387\]-391. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 35(420): 387-391. 1933. *11*: 5 Oct 1934 (in journal), p. \[349\]-352. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 36(430): 349-352. 1934. *12*: 9 Mar 1935 (in journal), p. \[88\]-113, *pl. 328* (uncol. phot.). *Copies*: B, HH, MO, NY. – Id. 37(435): 88-113, *pl. 328.* 1935. \[Title: A *study* of *Streptopus*\]. *13*: 3 Mar 1936 (in journal), p. \[93\]-96 \[sic, on reprint!\]. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 38(447): 94-97. 1936. *14*: 2 Mai 1936 (in journal), p. \[187\]-191. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 38(449): 187-191. 1936. *15*: 9 Oct 1937 (in journal), p. \[377\]-379. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 39(466): 377-379. 1937. *16*: 5 Nov 1937 (in journal), p. \[459\]-461. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U. – Id. 39(467): 459-461. 1937. *17*: 5 Aug 1939 (in journal), p. \[367\]-377. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, U, US. – Id. 41(488): 367-377. 1939. \[Title: *Elatine* and other aquatics\]. *18*: 31 Oct 1939 (in journal, reprint dated Nov 1939), p. \[524\]-529. *Copies*: HH, MO, NY, US. – Id. 41(491): 524-529. 1939. ##### n.33.928. vegetation **Title** The *vegetation* of the *estuaries* of *northeastern North America*... Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History... 1928. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Nov 1928 (date on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[73\]-130, *pl. 6-13* (uncol. maps with text), *14-15* (uncol. phot. with text). *Copies*: HH, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 39(3): 73-130, *pl. 6-15.* 1928. *Note*: Based on his 1925 Ph.D. thesis submitted to Harvard Univ. ##### n.33.929. Botanical **Title** *Botanical* and *geological evidence* for an *ancient lake*... Science... 1929. Oct. *First author*: Aldrich, Henry Ray (1891-x), Asst. State Geologist, Wisconsin. **Notes** *Publ*.: 12 Jul 1929 (in journal), p. \[1-2, unnumb.\]. *Copy*: US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Science, ser. 2, 70(1802): 45-46. 1929. ##### n.33.930. plants **Title** The *plants* of some *northeastern Wisconsin lakes*... Trans. Wisc. Acad. Sci.... 1930. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Mai 1930, cover-t.p., p. \[157\]-168. *Copies*: HH, NY, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci. 25: 157-168. 1930. – Alternate series, Notes Biol. Lab. Wisconsin Geol. & Nat. Hist. Survey & Dept. Bot., Univ. Wisconsin 38. ##### n.33.931. aquatics **Title** Three *aquatics* from *southern Maine*... Reprinted from Rhodora... 1937. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 14 Jul 1937 (in journal), p. \[273\]-274. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), NY, U, US. – Reprinted and to be cited from Rhodora 39(463): 273-274. 1937. ##### n.33.932. Spring flora **Title** *Spring flora* of *Wisconsin*. A manual of plants growing without cultivation, and flowering before June 15... \[Madison, Wisconsin\] (Democrat Printing Company) 1931. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Spring fl. Wisconsin*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1931, p. \[1\]-174, loose errata sheet. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, NY, USDA. \[*Ed. 2*\]: 1938 \[© 1931\],... Madison \[Wisconsin\] (Democrat Printing Company), p. \[1\]-176. *Copies*: HH (n.v.), MO, NY, US, USDA. *Reissue of 1931 ed*., with corrections: 1947,... Madison \[Wisconsin\] (Democrat Printing Company), 178 p. *Copies*: LC (n.v.), USDA. *Microfilm*: Cambridge, Mass. (Harvard College Library Imaging Services), 2002, 1 reel (35 mm). *Copy*: HH (n.v.). *Ed. 3* \[with revisions by Margaret S. Bergseng (1899-x)\]: 1957,... Madison \[Wisconsin\] (Democrat Printing Company), p. \[i\]-vi, \[vii\], \[ix\], \[1\]-189. *Copies*: LC (n.v.), K (n.v.), NY(2), US, USDA. *Note*: Reprinted 1959, 1963, 1967 (with revisions) and 1972 (*teste* t.p. verso of 4th ed.). *Ref*.: Ewan, J., Quart. Rev. Biol. 32(4): 392-393. Dec 1957 (rev.). - *Ed. 4* \[revised and enlarged by Olive S. Thomson\]: Apr 1976,... Madison \[Wisconsin\] (The Univ. of Wisconsin Press), p. \[i\]-ix, \[1\]-413. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH (n.v.), K (n.v.), LC (n.v.), MO, NY(2), US. - *Ref*.: Voss, E.G., Quart. Rev. Biol. 52(1): 90. Mar 1977 (rev.). - *Note*: (1) The mimeogr. "*Spring flora of vicinity of Madison, Wisconsin*. A manual of the shrubs and herbs flowering before July first in Dane County, Devil's Lake, Baraboo, and the Dells", cover-t.p., p. 1-77. 1927. Qu.; presumably this is a precursor to the *Spring fl. - Wisconsin. Copy*: HH. (2) Another precursor (mimeogr.) of the same work was noted by Bruch & Iltis (1966: \[1\]), "*Spring flora of southeastern Wisconsin*...", Ann Arbor, Michigan (Edwards Brothers), 79 p. 1928. (3) We suspect there may be other printings of these mimeogr. editions. ##### n.33.933. Hayfever plants **Title** *Hayfever plants* of the *Middle West*... Madison, Wisconsin (Published & Planographed by John S. Swift Co., Inc....) 1938. Qu. **Notes** *Co-authors*: McGary, Lester, M.D. (1892-x), of "Madison, Wisconsin"; and Bates, Laura F. (fl. 1938), A.B. "Madison General Hospital". *Publ*.: 1938, cover-t.p., t.p. (recto blank), p. 1-52, 3 schemata (1 fold.). *Copies*: LC (n.v.), NY. ##### n.33.934. Leguminous Plants **Title** The *Leguminous Plants* of *Wisconsin*. The taxonomy, ecology, and distribution of the Leguminosae growing in the state without cultivation, Madison \[Wisconsin\] (The Univ. of Wisconsin Press) \[1939\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Leg. pl. Wisconsin*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1939 (p. viii signed Jan 1939, Nat. Nov. Mai-Jun 1940), p. \[i\]-xii, \[xiii\], 1-157. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH, LC (n.v.), MO, NY, U, US. *Microfilm*: Cambridge, Mass. (Harvard College Library Imaging Services), 2002, 1 reel (35 mm). *Copy*: HH (n.v.). *Illus*.: Evans, Richard Irving (1902-x). *Ref*.: Moldenke, H.N., Torreya 39(4): 114-116. 16 Aug 1939 (rev.). B\[aker\]., E.G., J. Bot. 77(923): 321-322. Nov 1939 (rev.). - Anon., J. New York Bot. Gard. 51(481): 27. Jan 1940 (noticed). - *Note*: Includes, as pages 133-149, a report by Catherine Mose entitled "*Study* of *epidermal outgrowths* of the *Leguminosae* of *Wisconsin*".