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MOR Quercus bicolor Willd. 174534
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum
DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA
FAGACEAE TRUE
Quercus bicolor Willd.
(Swamp White Oak)
Plant Accession: #463-84*4 seed
Source: From seeds wild collected along the Des Plaines River near Willow Springs, Cook County, Illinois, U.S.A..
Location: Midwest: N-58/22-22
Rounded tree 45' 5" tall and 30 ' wide in good condition. Insect hole damage on leaf. DBH: ~17 cm. Trunk bark furrowed and grey borwn. Twig color green; previous year smooth in some places, shreddy, grey brown with lenticils.
Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis, & Elsa M. Meza
#IL-MOR-MH94
May 24, 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.