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MOR Quercus imbricaria Michx. 174542
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus imbricaria Michx.

(Shingle Oak)

Plant Accession: #1183-2004*2 seed

Source: Shaw Nature ReserveOriginal Source: seed from Midwest Plant Collecting Collaborative (MWPCC) 2004 Ozark Expedition, Lisle, Illinois. Wild collected by J. C. Trager at Shaw Nature Reserve and along I-44 roadside, Franklin County, Missouri, U.S.A.

Location: Quercus: K-97/37-29

Vase shaped tree 7' high & 6' wide in good condition. Trunk bark rough and gray. Twigs yellow-green; previous year gray.

Ken Potenberg, Gladys Connolly, Kathy Matejka, Joan Dorrell

#IL-MOR-MH93

July 10, 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.