The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 06 No. 02 (3.34571)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1970Type: Serial
Description:
- Firethorn (Pyracantha) in Northeast Illinois: A Second Look (17-25, 32)
- Rain Tree Fountain (26-27)
- Red Maple, Acer rubrum: Maple Family (Aceraceae) (28-29)
- Wild Flower Protection in Illinois (30-31)
- Arboretum News and Notes (32)
- Climatological Summary (32)
Extent: 16 pages
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit, spring (3.38125)
Date: May 1975Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of two-winged pink and green samara fruit hanging in clusters
Living Collections Accession Number: 769-38
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: J-54/00-10 (Children's Garden)
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit, summer (3.38142)
Date: June 1986Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail showing two-winged pink and green samara fruit clusters hanging in summer
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), staminate flowers (3.38159)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), against black backdrop, closeup detail of slightly yellowish staminate (male) flowers with anthers shriveling
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), habit (3.38175)
Date: September 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), full view of large tree with full green foliage situated near a paved road with more trees in the background near Thornhill Education Center in early fall
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit (3.38120)
Date: December 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of single samara fruit with typical slightly divergent wings and pink and green coloring
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers (3.38137)
Date: April 1976Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of male flower (left) with long stamens extending beyond the pink and yellow petals and pollen on the anthers; and female flower (right) a deep red color with stigma extending out from petals
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit, spring (3.38153)
Date: May 1979Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of developing fruit in typical winged pairs hanging from long stems at the tip of twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit (3.38170)
Date: May 1974Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of a twig with bright red fruit developing as leaves emerge in spring
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), spring (3.38132)
Date: May 1975Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), partial view of tree crown in spring, branches covered with small emerging green leaves and clusters of pink samara fruit
Living Collections Accession Number: 769-38
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: J-54/00-10 (Children's Garden)
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), habit, summer (3.38148)
Date: August 1973Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), full view of large tree with dense green foliage and rounded crown
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers (3.38165)
Date: December 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), against a black backdrop, closeup detail of slightly yellowish male flowers budding from twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), leaves and fruit, spring (3.38126)
Date: May 5 1981Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of leaves and two-winged pink and green samara fruit clusters hanging from twig
Living Collections Accession Number: 910-57
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: N-57/28-11 (Diversity)
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), habit, fall (3.38143)
Date: October 1952Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), full view of large tree with bright red fall foliage situated near paved path near Thornhill Education Center
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers (3.38160)
Date: March 1966Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of early female flowers with reddish color budding from twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), habit, fall (3.38176)
Date: November 1961Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), full view of large tree with broadly oval crown and bright gold and red fall foliage.
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers, spring (3.38121)
Date: April 27 1982Creator: Kohout, John, Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), detail of flowers developing in bright red clusters on twig in spring
Living Collections Accession Number: 910-57
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: N-57/28-11 (Diversity)
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), twigs and flowers, spring (3.38138)
Date: April 1971Creator: Kohout, John, Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup of short-stemmed clusters of red female flowers budding from two twigs in early spring
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit, spring (3.38154)
Date: May 1962Creator: Scott, Marion
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail showing many two-winged pink and green samara fruit clusters hanging from twig set against a dark blue backdrop
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit, spring (3.38171)
Date: May 1979Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of developing fruit in typical winged pairs hanging from long stems at the tip of twig
Extent: 1 slide
Our Native Maples (3.24611)
Date: 1944Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of four species of maple, created to accompany "The Maples of The Morton Arboretum" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Drawings show tree shape, including top, twigs, branches, size, winged seeds, and leaves. Descriptive text gives details of tree structure (branching, bark, and trunk), habitat, seed ripening schedule, and leaf details including color and sinus structure. Red maple seeds illustration is a cut out piece glued in place.
Illustrations depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
- Sugar maple -- Acer saccharum
- tree - round top; dark smooth on young branches; right-angled branching; sap-sucker holes; stone-gray bark with thick plates loose along one edge; upland
- seeds - ripe in September-October
- leaf - smooth, thin, yellow in Fall
- Silver maple -- Acer saccharinum
- tree - broad top; smooth gray young branches; branches bend downward with tips turning upward; long loose scales on bark; trunk often divides near ground; lowland
- seeds - ripe in May
- leaf - silvery beneath; acute, deep sinuses
- Red maple -- Acer rubrum
- tree - pale gray upper branches; red twigs; dark gray bark; swamp, river-bottom, upland
- seeds - ripe in May-June
- leaf - silvery beneath, V-shaped sinuses, scarlet in Fall
- Box-elder -- Acer negundo
- tree - small tree; bushy spreading top, purplish twigs, bark with narrow shallow ridges; river bottoms
- seeds - ripe in summer; hangs on a winter
- leaf - prominent veins; 3 to 7 leaflets
Extent: 1 sheet
Acer rubrum (red maple), buds (3.38116)
Date: March 1979Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of reddish twig with large, rounded and opposite flower buds
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), buds and flowers (3.38133)
Date: March 16 1983Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of a twig in very early spring with budding bright red short-stemmed flowers
Living Collections Accession Number: 910-57
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: N-57/28-11 (Diversity Collection)
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), summer (3.38149)
Date: July 17 1973Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), partial view of tree trunk and branches with green foliage in summer, tree is standing in a forested area with dense ground cover
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flower and fruit (3.38166)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of a single reddish-pink female flower with the characteristic wings of samara fruit emerging
Extent: 1 slide
Winter Twigs, page 2 (3.24631)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Page 2 of 4, illustrations showing identifying characteristics of different types of winter twigs, created to accompany "Winter Twigs" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Original identifying text has detached and is mostly missing.
Illustrations are divided into two sections, depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
1) [Original text] TREES WITH OPPOSITE BRANCHING
- White ash -- Fraxinus americana
- Black ash -- Fraxinus nigra
- Blue ash -- Fraxinus quadrangulata
- Red ash -- Fraxinus pennsylvanica
- Sugar maple -- Acer saccharum
- Norway maple -- Acer platanoides
- Red maple -- Acer rubrum
- Silver maple -- Acer saccharinum
- Box-elder -- Acer negundo
- Horse-chestnut -- Aesculus hippocastanum
- Ohio buckeye -- Aesculus glabra
- Flowering dogwood -- Cornus florida
- Catalpa -- Catalpa speciosa [and] Catalpa bignonioides
- Ironwood -- Ostrya virginiana
- Gray birch -- Betula populifolia
- [as a single illustration:]
- Yellow birch -- Betula lutea
- River birch -- Betula nigra
- Cherry birch -- Betula lenta
- Paper birch -- Betula papyrifera
- European white birch -- Betula pendula
- European alder -- Alnus glutinosa
Extent: 1 sheet
Acer rubrum (red maple), leaves and fruit (3.38127)
Date: 1978Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of bright green leaves with three triangular lobes and toothed edges and two-winged pink and green samara fruit clusters hanging from twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), habit, spring (3.38144)
Date: April 1968Creator: Gall, Richard
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), full view of tree in early spring with mostly bare branches except for bright red developing flowers situated on sloping terrain with other small trees and shrubs nearby
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers (3.38161)
Date: April 1968Creator: Jirak, Jana R.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), against black backdrop, closeup detail of early female flowers with reddish color budding from twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), early spring (3.38178)
Date: March 1979Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), multiple trees in early spring with mostly bare branches except for bright red developing flowers.
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), leaves and fruit (3.38122)
Date: May 1972Creator: Kohout, John, Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of emerging leaves and two-winged pink and green samara fruit clusters hanging from twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit (3.38139)
Date: December 1972Creator: Reynolds, P. J.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of an individual samara, fruit is 1/4 developed and has a bright reddish pink color
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers, spring (3.38155)
Date: May 1961Creator: Scott, Marion
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), set against a blue dackdrop, closeup detail of small developing red clusters of flowers emerging from buds on twig
Extent: 1 slide
Acer rubrum (red maple), flowers (3.38172)
Date: May 1961Creator: Scott, Marion
Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), against dark blue backdrop, closeup detail of reddish female flowers budding from twig
Extent: 1 slide
Red-winged starling or marsh blackbird = [graphic] Icterus phoeniceus. Daud. / drawn from nature by J.J. Audubon chromolithy. by J. Bien. (3.25002)
Date: 1860Creator: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Type: Print
Extent: 1 print : chromolithograph 100 x 68 cm.
Acer rubrum (red maple), fruit (3.38117)
Date: June 1966Type: Photographic image
Description:Acer rubrum (red maple), closeup detail of two-winged pink and green samara fruit hanging from twig
Extent: 1 slide