Four Oaks (3.19491)
Date: 1940 – 1959Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of four oaks: Chinkapin oak, Swamp white oak, White oak and Bur oak. Each tree is illustrated by silhouette, and is accompanied by an outline of its leaf and drawings of its twig with a winter bud and its acorn.
upper left: Quercus muehlenbergii, Chinkapin oak
upper right: Quercus bicolor, Swamp white oak
lower left: Quercus alba, White oak
lower right Quercus macrocarpa, Bur oak
Extent: 1 sheet
Oaks (#1) (3.24411)
Date: 1986Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Description:Four different oak trees: swamp white oak, white oak, northern red oak, and bur oak, with a single leaf to the right of each tree. Tree name is pasted next to or below each tree. Drawn for a vote to choose the state tree by 5th grade students.
Extent: 1 drawing
Landscape with Houses and Trees (3.24647)
Date: 20th centuryCreator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustration of a hilly landscape with five houses, pasture, fences, farm land, a lake, a stream, a bridge, roads, a water wheel, and many trees. Trees are drawn to indicate general shape and each tree is identified. NATURE STUDY GUILD is stamped in purple on piece of board and glued at top right.
Trees depicted:
White pine -- Spruce -- Austrian pine -- Pear -- Sassafras -- Sumac -- Black willows -- Box elder --
Apple -- Red cedar -- Norway pine -- Yellow birch -- Black walnut -- Sour gum -- White cedar -- Poison sumac -- Tamarack -- White ash -- Chestnut oak -- Blue ash -- Red oak -- Beech -- Shagbark hickory -- Mockernut hickory -- Red maple -- Pignut hickory -- Wafer ash -- River birch -- Buckeye --
Shingle oak -- Bur oak -- Linden -- Cherry birch -- Shadbush -- Hill's oak -- White oak -- Sugar maple -- Black locust -- Black cherry -- Large-toothed poplar -- Cottonwood -- Waahoo -- Trembling aspen -- Witch-hazel -- Flowering dogwood -- Ironwood -- Chestnut -- Pin cherry -- Choke cherry -- Wild crab -- Wild plum -- Redbud -- Water beech -- Balm of Gilead -- Red mulberry -- Tulip tree -- Sycamore -- Bitternut hickory -- Slippery elm -- Butternut -- Swamp white -- Kentucky coffee tree -- Red ash -- Honey locust -- Hawthorne -- Lombardy poplars -- European alder -- Black ash -- Osage orange hedge -- Ailanthus -- Paw-paw -- Hackberry -- White birch -- American elm -- Catalpa -- Norway maple -- Weeping willow -- White wilow -- Pin oak -- Horse chestnut -- Mountian ash -- Pussy willow -- Fir -- Ginkgo -- Silver maple -- Scotch pine -- Silver poplar
Extent: 1 sheet
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
Swamp white oak = [graphic] Quercus Pus. discolor / Bessa del. Gabriel sc. (3.25070)
Date: 1865Creator: Bessa, Pancrace, 1772-approximately 1835.
Type: Print
Extent: 1 print : stipple engraving, hand-colored plate mark 24 x 15 cm., on sheet 29 x 18 cm.
Leaf Prints: Swamp White Oak (3.27720)
Date: circa 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Print
Description:A white negative nature print of swamp white oak leaves, stems, and fruit on a dark background with identifying text at bottom right handwritten by May T. Watts.
Identifying text:
- Oak swamp white
- Quercus platanoides
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: Swamp White Oak (3.31829)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Painting
Description:Color silhouette of a swamp white oak tree, including a nature print outline of a leaf. Tape adhered to bottom left corner indicates assigned letter.
Descriptive text in bottom left:
- g
Extent: 1 sheet
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bud detail (3.38388)
Date: March 1966Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of several small, blunt buds near tip of brown twig with lenticels
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bud detail (3.38389)
Date: August 1980Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of several small green and and brown buds with reddish-brown scales, three clustered at end and two lateral near tip of brown twig with lenticels and leaf scar
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bark and buds detail (3.38390)
Date: May 1972Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), two images split, with top image showing detail of furrowed and blocky gray-brown mature bark and bottom image detailing several small green and brown buds with reddish-brown scales, three clustered at end and one lateral near tip of brown twig with lenticels and leaf scar
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), mature trunk (3.38391)
Date: July 18 2002Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), trunk showing detail of mature dark gray-brown bark with furrowed vertical ridges
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), leaves (3.38392)
Date: August 1973Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of branch and twigs with leaves showing irregular teeth and shallow lobes, some with holes
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), acorn and leaves detail (3.38393)
Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of green acorn with warty cap and rounded lobed green leaves with variable margins and tiny brown spots
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), leaves (3.38394)
Date: July 18 2002Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of leaf cluster showing mature shiny dark green leaves with shallow, rounded lobes
Living Collections Accession Number: 198-38*2
Location on grounds using The Morton Arboretum grid map: O-35/15-30 (Godshalk Meadow)
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), leaves detail (3.38395)
Date: June 1 1999Creator: Boland, Tim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of leaves showing whitish underleaf, some leaves with holes against blue sky in background
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), male flowers detail (3.38396)
Date: May 1983Creator: Dritz, Ken
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of greenish-yellow flower clusters along several catkins
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), acorns and leaves detail (3.38397)
Date: August 1998Creator: Boland, Tim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), branch tip showing acorns with fringed caps, two with long stalks amongst green leaves with shallow rounded lobes, some with holes
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bark detail (3.38398)
Date: March 1972Creator: Kohout, John, Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of gray bark
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bark detail (3.38399)
Date: August 1980Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of dark gray-brown bark with blocky ridges
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), trunk detail (3.38400)
Date: October 16 2000Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), section of trunk base showing detail of mature dark gray-brown bark with furrowed vertical ridges amongst shrubs near Illinois River floodplain west of Owl Canyon at Starved Rock State Park
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bark detail with plant label (3.38401)
Date: January 2000Creator: Boland, Tim
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), section of trunk showing detail of gray-brown bark with blocky ridges and plant label
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bark detail with plant label (3.38402)
Date: October 6 1974Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of brown bark with furrowed vertical ridges and plant label
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bark detail with scars and plant labels (3.38403)
Date: January 1970Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of gray-brown bark with blocky ridges and several sealed branch collar pruning scars, and showing two plant labels with top signmarker indicating C. & E. No. Amer. and situated above another copper-colored metal marker numeric identifier hanging vertically
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), acorn and leaves (3.38404)
Date: September 2003Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), detail of green acorn with warty cap on long thin stalk amongst twigs and green leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bare trees in flooded woodland (3.38405)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bare trees in section of flooded woodland
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit, winter (3.38406)
Date: March 1949Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit, tall and bare tree amongst brown grass and trees with snow on ground
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit, late winter (3.38407)
Date: March 1985Creator: Kohout, John
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit, bare trees in fog with snow on ground
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit (3.38408)
Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit, tall and broad tree with wide-spreading branches densely covered with green leaves near road amongst collection
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bare trees in flooded woodland (3.38409)
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), bare trees in section of flooded woodland
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit (3.38410)
Date: May 1977Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak), habit, bare tree with dense branches amongst other bare trees
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, branch (3.46197)
Date: November 24 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, branch
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature (3.46198)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature (3.46199)
Date: March 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature (3.46200)
Date: November 24 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature
Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature (3.46201)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus bicolor (Swamp White Oak), bark, mature