Background
Johnston, Larea Dennis was born on July 25, 1935 in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Joel Albert and Laura Belle (Blackman) Dennis.
Johnston, Larea Dennis was born on July 25, 1935 in Grants Pass, Oregon, United States. Daughter of Joel Albert and Laura Belle (Blackman) Dennis.
Bachelor, Willamette U., 1957; Master of Arts, Oregon State University, 1959.
Assistant curator, Oregon State University, Corvallis, 1959-1991. Author: Name Your Poison: A Guide to Cultivated and Native Plants Toxic to Humans, 1972, Gilkey's Weeds of the Pacific Northwest, 1980, (with others) Aquatic Plants of the Pacific Northwest, 1963, Handbook of Northwestern Plants, 1980. Plants of the Oregon Coastal Dunes, 1999.
Member Sigma Xi.
Married Weldon Kearney, May 22, 1964 (deceased 1992).
