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Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus macrocarpa Michx.

(Bur Oak)

Plant Accession: #808-51*1 sd

Source: From seed wild collected by B. C. Anten near Carterville, Jasper County, Missouri, U.S.A.

Location: Quercus: N-102/62-67

Irregular-shaped tree 80' high & 40' wide in fair condition. Dead branches present. DBH: 30". Trunk bark furrowed and brown. Twigs tan; previous year are brown. A few immature acorns are present. (#IL-MOR-MH108 and #sd35 are collected from same LC accession).

Satish Sachdev, Marilyn Carle, Carol DeVries, Edie Moran

#IL-MOR-MH108

July 11, 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.