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MOR Quercus alba L. 174513
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus alba L.

(White Oak)

Plant Accession: #468-2001*2 seed

Source: Seeds wild collected by The Morton Arboretum, along St. Joseph River along River Trail on Fernwood Botanical Garden northwest of Niles, Berrien County, Michigan, U.S.A.

Location: Midwest O-68/49-28

Oval shaped tree 18 feet tall and 6 feet wide in good condition. One trunk at ground level with smooth/slightly textured grey-brown bark. DBH~ 8 cm. This year's growth is smooth and brown. Previous growth is smooth and grey-brown.

Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis, Donna J Wetta

#IL-MOR-MH86

July 30, 2012

Phylogeny of the New World oaks: Diversification of an ecologically important clade

across the tropical-temperate divide. (2012-2015 NSF Grant, DEB 114648)

Photographer: Albrecht, William. Publisher: Albrecht, William.