Nicole Cavender and Murphy Westwood looking at tree roots in France (3.36318)
Date: April 27 2014Creator: The Morton Arboretum
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nicole Cavender, vice president of science and conservation at The Morton Arboretum, and Murphy Westwood, tree conservation specialist at The Morton Arboretum, looking at tree roots at the French National Institute for Agricultural Research
Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), rooting (3.37719)
Date: August 1973Type: Photographic image
Description:Populus deltoides (eastern cottonwood), rooting
Extent: 1 slide
Acer platanoides (Norway maple), trunk (3.38067)
Date: April 1969Creator: Crowley Jr., Webster R.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer platanoides (Norway maple), base of tree trunk and exposed shallow root system of Norway maple planted in parkway between sidewalk and street
Extent: 1 slide
Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), roots (3.41440)
Date: June 4 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), roots
Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), roots (3.41441)
Date: June 4 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple), roots
Research crew operating a hydropneumatic elutriation root washing system in laboratory (3.4497)
Date: 1990sCreator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Research crew operating a hydropneumatic elutriation root washing system in laboratory
L to R: Web Crowley, Tony Sanda (volunteer), Gary Watson, Jack Dieckmann (volunteer)
Extent: 1 photograph
Collaborative researchers from Northern Illinois University and Arboretum staff study root-system-nutrient interrelationships (3.4530)
Date: 1982 – 1983Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Collaborative researchers from Northern Illinois University and Arboretum staff study root-system-nutrient interrelationships
Bottom left to right: Mike Duet, Mike Connor, Rick Hootman
Extent: 1 photograph
Root research, maple root system growth difficulty in oak forest (3.4535)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Root research, maple root system growth difficulty in oak forest
Root shown with white paper behind measuring 10 cm against black backdrop
Extent: 1 photograph
Root profiles of sugar maples comparing roots in competition with grass and in naturally mulched areas (3.4541)
Date: 1988Type: Photographic image
Description:Root profiles of sugar maples comparing roots in competition with grass and in naturally mulched areas
Extent: 1 photograph
Root system development (3.4542)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Root system development, comparing deep rich soil on the left with well-developed roots throughout the 16 inch profile, and old agricultural soil on the right with a compacted layer at 8 inches showing limited root development
Extent: 1 photograph
Soil core sample on left, roots revealed after washing (3.4543)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Soil core sample on left, roots revealed after washing
Extent: 1 photograph
Roots research, tree stump with roots (3.4544)
Date: 1988Type: Photographic image
Description:Roots research, tree stump with roots
Extent: 1 photograph
Gary Watson and research volunteers washing roots (3.4545)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Gary Watson and research volunteers washing roots
Extent: 1 photograph
Vials with root samples after washing (3.4546)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1987Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Vials with root samples after washing
Extent: 1 photograph
Gary Watson (on tractor) and Mike Spravka in Round Meadow gathering soil samples to study roots of white oaks in amended soils, Giddings Rig (3.4549)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Gary Watson (on tractor) and Mike Spravka in Round Meadow gathering soil samples to study roots of white oaks in amended soils, Giddings Rig
Extent: 1 photograph
Dr. Gary Watson working in lab (3.5202)
Date: 1980sType: Photographic image
Description:Dr. Gary Watson working in lab
Extent: 1 photograph
Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki-cypress), roots (3.58150)
Date: March 25 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki-cypress), roots
Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki-cypress), roots (3.58151)
Date: March 25 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki-cypress), roots
Pinus resinosa (Red Pine), root (3.61388)
Date: May 1968Creator: Duerr, J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pinus resinosa (Red Pine), root
Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine), roots (3.61487)
Date: June 26 2014Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pinus strobus (Eastern White Pine), roots
Alliaria petiolata (Garlic-mustard), root (3.69152)
Date: May 17 2008Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Alliaria petiolata (Garlic-mustard), root
The Root Structure of Trees Illustration (3.83119)
Date: January 28 2020Creator: Bradley, Pat
Type: Drawing
Description:An illustration depicting different elements of a tree's root structure, including the phloem, xylem, endodermis, cortex, epidermis, root hair, rhizosphere, mycorrhizal fungi, and root cap.
Extent: 1 page
Types of Roots Illustration (3.83139)
Date: January 28 2020Creator: Bradley, Pat
Type: Drawing
Description:An illustration of three types of roots: tap root, fibrous root, and adventitious roots
Extent: 1 page