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Cultivated Plants of The Morton Arboretum

DuPage Co., Lisle, IL 60532 USA

FAGACEAE

Quercus ellipsoidalis E.J.Hill

(Hill's Oak)

Plant Accession: #204-92*3 sd

Source: From seeds wild collected by The Morton Arbortem in Bluffton Township, Winneshiek County, Iowa, U.S.A.

Location: Quercus: L-99/71-53

Pyramidal shaped tree 30' high & 15' wide in good condition. DBH: 6". Trunk bark furrowed, brown and tan. Twigs tan; previous year brown.

(IL-MOR-MH107& CD4 are collected from same LC accession).

Edie Moran, Satish Sachdev, Carol DeVries, Marilyn Carle

#IL-MOR-MH107

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.