Twelve Oaks (3.24795)
Date: 1944Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of leaf, acorn, and twigs with buds for twelve different types of oak, created to accompany "The Oaks Of The Morton Arboretum" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Drawings are divided into two categories and depicted in columns with descriptive text.
Header: TWELVE OAKS
Leaves, acorns, and twigs as depicted in two categories, from left to right, top to bottom:
Category 1: The Black Oak Group
- Eastern Red Oak - Quercus borealis
- leaf - dull above, glabrous beneath, lobes narrowing toward margin, sinuses about half-way to mid-rib.
- acorn - shallow cup, saucer-shaped, with glossy tight scales, white kernel
- twig with buds - buds red brown, not angled; twigs red-brown, smooth
- Northern Pin - Quercus ellipsoidalis
- leaf - lustrous, deeply lobed, lobes widening toward margin, base truncate or broad-cunate, 5 to 7 lobed
- acorn - top-shaped cup, enclosing half of nut, yellow kernel
- twig with buds - buds red-brown, obtuse at tip; twigs red-brown
- Black - Quercus velutina
- leaf - leathery, thick, petioles yellow, sinuses varying from shallow to deep
- acorn - bowl-like cup, scales form fringe at margin, yellow kernel
- twig with bids - buds pale woolly, strongly 5-sided; twigs red-brown, lenticels conspicuous
- Pin - Quercus palustris
- leaf - thin, lustrous, 5 to 7 lobed, few-toothed, slender petioles, base cuneate
- acorn - saucer-shaped cup, scales with free tips, nut often striped
- twigs with buds - side buds at wide angle; twigs red-brown, smooth
- Shingle - Quercus imbricaria
- leaf - lustrous above, pubescent below, persistent in Winter
- acorn - stalked cup, bowl-like, thin
- twig with buds - buds brown smooth; twigs smooth, gray-brown
- Willow - Quercus phellos
- leaf - lustrous, nearly sessile, acute at both ends
- acorn - talked cup, shallow, thin
- twig with buds - buds brown; twigs fine
- White - Quercus alba
- leaf - glabrous, with deep sinuses, often persistent in winter
- acorn - bowl-like cup, with thickened warty scales, nut edible
- twig with buds - buds red-brown, smooth; twigs red-brown, later ashy-gray; lenticels pale, conspicuous
- Bur - Quercus macrocarpa
- leaf - usually with "wasp-waist" - thick, smooth above, pale-pubescent beneath
- acorn - cup fringed, covering half or more of nut, larger in South
- twig with buds - buds pale-woolly, gray-tan; twigs gray, later corky-ridged
- English - Quercus robur
- leaf - auricled base, nearly sessile
- acorn - cup enclosing 1/4 to 1/3 of nut, long-stemmed
- twig with buds - buds, brown; side buds divergent; twigs brown
- Chinquapin - Quercus muehlenbergii
- leaf - thick, shiny above, pubescent beneath, somewhat sharply-toothed, rounded base, slender petiole
- acorn - cup bowl-shaped, thin, scales indistinct
- twig with buds - buds chestnut-brown; twigs orange-brown
- Basket - Quercus michauxii
- leaf - crenate margin, pale-pubescent beneath, cunate base, 10 to 14 pairs of teeth
- acorn - cup bowl-shaped, thickened, scales wedge-shaped
- twig with buds - buds chestnut-brown, twigs orange-brown
- Swamp White - Quercus bicolor
- leaf - thick, firm, coarsely-toothed, shining above, pale-fomentose beneath, 6 to 10 pairs of teeth, often persistent in winter
- acorn - usually paired, cup bowl-shaped, slightly-fringed, long-stalked
- twigs with buds - buds brown; twigs yellow-brown, with pale, raised lenticels
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Swamp White Oak (3.31796)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Swamp White Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, a fruit, and descriptive text.
Header: SWAMP WHITE OAK
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- fruit
- tree: on low ground
- twig
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Hill's Oak (3.31787)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Hill's Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a winter twig and fruit, and descriptive text.
Header: HILLS OAK
Drawings and text, from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: [arrow] shining surface
- tree
- twig
- fruit
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: English Oak (3.31801)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of an English Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, a drawing of a fruit, a twig, and descriptive text.
Header: ENGLISH OAK
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf: alternate
- fruit: not native
- tree: European
- twig with buds
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Chinkapin Oak (3.31899)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a chinkapin oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, with drawings of a twig with buds and an acorn.
Extent: 1 sheet
Tree Portraits: Chestnut Oak (3.31806)
Date: 1940 – 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a Chestnut Oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf, drawings of a twig, a fruit, flowers, and descriptive text.
Header: CHESTNUT OAK
Drawings and text from top to bottom, left to right:
- leaf
- tree
- twig with buds: native just south of Arboretum
- fruit: matures in one year; kernel sweet
- flowers
Extent: 1 sheet
Title banner for Fall nature rambles with squirrel and acorn [graphic] / NSH. (3.24347)
Date: 1990sCreator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Extent: 1 drawing : pen and ink, b&w 7 x 22 cm.
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 10 No. 03 (3.34469)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1974Type: Serial
Description:
- Immigrant Plants (33-39)
- Norway Maple, Acer platanoides: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (40-41)
- Impressions of Wolf Road Prairie (42-44)
- Research Notes/ People & Projects/ Climatological Summary (45-47)
- Acorns Large & Small (48)
Extent: 16 pages
Seven acorns (3.34359)
Type: Photographic image
Description:A display of seven acorns of varying sizes and shapes. The specimens have been placed in a row along the top of a wooden box.
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus ×undulata (Wavy-leaved Oak), fruit, immature (3.46870)
Date: August 13 2003Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×undulata (Wavy-leaved Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×subfalcata (Southern Red-Willow Hybrid Oak), fruit, immature (3.47178)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×subfalcata (Southern Red-Willow Hybrid Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×subfalcata (Southern Red-Willow Hybrid Oak), fruit, immature (3.47179)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×subfalcata (Southern Red-Willow Hybrid Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×saulii (Saul's oak), acorn and leaves detail (3.57837)
Date: September 1994Creator: Nachel, Jim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×saulii (SAUL'S oak), detail of single acorn showing pale green nut and tightly-scaled cup amidst shallow-lobed green leaves with holes and short stalks on brown twig
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus ×sargentii (Sargent's oak), acorn and leaves (3.57835)
Date: August 28 1980Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×sargentii (SARGENT'S oak), detail of single large green acorn amongst brown twigs and shallow-lobed green leaves, some with brown spots, with blue sky in background
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature (3.47155)
Date: November 16 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature
Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature (3.47156)
Date: November 16 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature
Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature (3.47157)
Date: November 16 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature
Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature (3.47158)
Date: November 16 2016Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×macdanielii 'Clemons' PP 11431 (HERITAGE® Macdaniel's Oak), fruit, mature
Quercus ×jackiana (Vallonea Oak), fruit, immature (3.47139)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×jackiana (Vallonea Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature (3.47115)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature (3.47116)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature (3.47117)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature (3.47118)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature (3.47119)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature (3.47120)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×deamii (Deam's Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus ×bebbiana 'Taco' (Taco Bebb's Oak), fruit, immature (3.47093)
Date: September 6 2017Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus ×bebbiana 'Taco' (Taco Bebb's Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus velutina (black oak), single acorn detail (3.57862)
Date: December 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (black oak), close-up detail of single acorn maturing after two autumns, showing relatively shallow, shaggy-fringed tightly scaled tan cup and dark green, almost black nut
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus velutina (black oak), pairs of acorns detail (3.57861)
Date: October 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (black oak), close-up detail of three pairs of acorns with slightly fringed caps on twig set against very dark, almost black bark
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus velutina (black oak), immature acorns detail (3.57860)
Date: December 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (black oak), close-up showing pair of first year acorns from previous June flowers, enclosed in tan-brown scaly cup on very dark, almost black twig with lenticels
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus velutina (Black Oak), fruit, mature (3.46949)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (Black Oak), fruit, mature
Quercus velutina (Black Oak), fruit, immature (3.46943)
Date: August 1 2007Creator: Brown, Deborah J. G.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (Black Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus velutina (black oak), acorns and leaves detail (3.57879)
Date: October 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (black oak), close up of twig tip showing deeply lobed leaves with brown spots and several acorns with brown nuts and tightly scaled cups set against pink background
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus velutina (black oak), acorn, leaves, bark (3.57863)
Date: August 1964Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (black oak), detail of pruned twig tip showing single acorn with tan cup and green nut and several glossy, dark green leaves set against very dark ridged and furrowed bark
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus velutina (black oak), acorn and leaves in sand (3.57877)
Date: September 1986Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus velutina (black oak), detail of four green leaves, two with dark red midribs, attached to long stem and single brown acorn at tip of twig sticking out of sand
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus undulata (wavy-leaved oak), leaves and acorns detail (3.57859)
Date: August 13 2003Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus undulata (wavy-leaved oak), close up showing several clusters of oval-shaped green acorns with fairly deep, thick cups amidst shallow-lobed green leaves, some with brown spots near end of twigs on tree located at east side of Urraca Mesa, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, Colfax County, New Mexico
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus shumardii var. acerifolia (maple-leaved oak) (3.24301)
Date: June 15 1988Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Quercus shumardii var. acerifolia (maple-leaved oak)
Full-flowering branch with stems and acorns (27 immature fruits on branch). Side view of single acorn. Drawn from an herbarium specimen collected at Magazine Mountain, Arkansas, fruit # 34768 pocket # 4571 specimen # 6225.
Extent: 1 drawing