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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: #202-97*1 seed

Source: Seed wild collected by The Morton Arboretum, due southwest of Apple River Canyon State Park, Jo Daviess County, Illinois, USA.

Location: Midwest M-69/61-15

Irregular shaped tree 10 feet tall and 10 feet wide in good condition. One trunk near ground level with smooth/ slightly textured grey-brown bark. This year's growth is smooth and brown. Previous growth is smooth and grey-brown. Some leaves have holes/insect damage.

Marlene Hahn, Breane G. Budaitis, Donna J Wetta

#IL-MOR-MH87

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.