(Missouri Native Plant Society) (1985) Julian A. Steyermark Award (MNPS) (1993) Missouri Department of Conservation Hall of Fame (1994) Published works Missouri Wildflowers, Missouri Department of Conservation, 1972 “What Oak is this? Part I: The White Oaks,” by Edgar Denison, The Missouri Conservationist 54 (12): 12-17 (December 1993). “What Oak is this? Part II: The Red Oaks,” by Edgar Denison, The Missouri Conservationist, (January 1994) "Common Plant Families of Missouri, II. Monocots", by Edgar Denison, Missouriensis, Vol. 14, No. 2, 1003 See also “He’s wild about wildflowers,” by Anita Buie LaMont, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 3/17-18/79 “Kirkwood Garden Evokes Guardian’s Spirit,” by Marianna Riley, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8/26/93 “Edgar W. Denison” (obituary), St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8/17/93 “For the chronicler of Edgar Denison’s garden, fall wildflowers are magic,” By Becky Homan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 10/20/96 References External links Missouri Prairie Foundation Denison Prairie Missouri Native Plant Society Webster Groves Nature Study Society 1904 births 1993 deaths Place of death missing Missouri Botanical Garden people American naturalists German naturalists 20th-century naturalists