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MOR Quercus velutina Lam. 174524
Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus velutina Lam.

(Black Oak)

Plant Accession: #185-92*4 seed

Source: From seed wild collected by The Morton Arboretum along Merioneth Road Crete Twp., Will County, Illinois, U.S.A.

Location: Quercus: J-101/39-80

Pyramidal shaped tree 35' high and 20' wide in good condition. DBH: 8". Trunk bark furrowed and gray brown. Twigs red brown; previous year smooth and gray.

Anita Casey, Louise Sherman, Lee Bannon

#IL-MOR-MH76

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.