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MOR Quercus imbricaria Michx. 174464
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus imbricaria Michx.

(Shingle Oak)

Plant Accession: #502-2000*1 seed

Source: Seed wild collected in Clay County, Illinois, U.S.A

Location: Midwest M-68/68-72

Irregular shaped tree 18 feet tall and 10 feet wide in good condition. One trunk near ground level with smooth/furrowed, grey-brown bark. DBH~ 10 cm. This year's growth is smooth and brown-green. Previous year's growth is smooth/slightly textured and gray-brown. Underside of leaves pubescent.

Marlene Hahn, Donna J Wetta, Breane G. Budaitis

#IL-MOR-MH88

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.