A Metapopulation Approach to Recovery of the Federally Threatened Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in Southern Lake Michigan Dunes as part of "Restoration of Endangered Species: Conceptual Issues, Planning and Implementation" (3.114774)
Date: 1994Type: Book
Description:The digitized document in this record is the chapter: A Metapopulation Approach to Recovery of the Federally Threatened Pitcher's thistle (Cirsium pitcheri) in Southern Lake Michigan Dunes, which is a part of the book "Restoration of Endangered Species: Conceptual Issues, Planning and Implementation".
Preference for and Suitability of Selected Elms, Ulmus spp. and Their Hybrids for the Elm Leaf Beetle, (Pyrrhalta luteola Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (3.114631)
Date: December 1994Creator: Miller, Fredric D., Ware, George
Type: Article
Description:Note: this is a copy of the article published in the December, 1994 Journal of Environmental Horticulture.
Selected elms Ulmus spp. and their hybrids growing at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois were evaluated in the laboratory for feeding preference by the elm leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta luteola.
PREFERENCE FOR AND SUITABILITY OF SELECTED ELMS, Ulmus spp. AND THEIR HYBRIDS FOR THE ELM LEAF BEETLE, Xanthogaleruca luteola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (3.114630)
Date: June 21 1994Creator: Miller, Fredric D., Ware, George
Type: Article
Description:Note: this is a pre-publication copy of the article to be published in the Journal of Environmental Horticulture sent from Fred Miller to George Ware.
"Selected elms Ulmus spp. and their hybrids growing at the Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois were evaluated in the laboratory for feeding preference by the elm leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta luteola."
Extent: 30 pages
Ecological Bases for Selecting Urban Trees (3.114597)
Date: March 1994Creator: Ware, George
Type: Article
Description:Discusses survivability considerations in selecting urban trees: species, choice and preparation of planting spaces, proper transplanting and follow-up care.
Extent: 6 pages
"Presettlement Barrens in the Glaciated Prairie Region of Illinois" as part of the Proceedings of the North American Conference on Savannas and Barrens (3.113799)
Date: October 1994Creator: Bowles, Marlin L., McBride, Jenny
Type: Article
Description:A digitized chapter of the 1994 North American Conference on Savannas and Barrens Proceedings written by Marlin L. Bowles and Jeanette L. McBride.
Full proceedings from the conference can be found online here.
Landscape Pattern and Structure of Oak Savanna, Woodland and Barrens in Northeastern Illinois at the Time of European Settlement as part of the 1994 North American Conference on Savannas and Barrens Proceedings (3.113796)
Date: October 1994Creator: Bowles, Marlin L., McBride, Jenny
Type: Article
Description:A digitized chapter of the 1994 North American Conference on Savannas and Barrens Proceedings written by Marlin L. Bowles and Jeanette L. McBride.
Full proceedings from the conference can be found online here.
Lupinus (Lupine), fruit, leaf (3.112115)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Lupinus (Lupine), white oblong fruit on upright stem, whorled leaf
Eremurus stenophyllus, flowers (3.111575)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Eremurus stenophyllus (desert candle, foxtail lily) has upright spires of fragrant, small, primrose yellow flowers. The flower spire resembles a tall fox tail or giant candle and reaches twenty-four to thirty-six inches tall. Each flower has six, showy, yellow tepals and stamens.
Eremurus stenophyllus, flowers (3.111574)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Eremurus stenophyllus (desert candle, foxtail lily) has upright spires of fragrant, small, primrose yellow flowers. The flower spire resembles a tall fox tail or giant candle and reaches twenty-four to thirty-six inches tall. Each flower has six, showy, yellow tepals and stamens.
Doronicum cordatum, form (3.111508)
Date: April 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Doronicum cordatum, form. Doronicum cordatum (Leopard's Bane) has yellow, daisy-like flowers. The ray flowers are in a single row. The center disk is darker yellow. The flowers are on single stems above the basal heart-shaped leaves that have scalloped edges.
Dodecatheon meadia (3.111493)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Dodecatheon meadia, flowers. Dodecatheon meadia (shooting star, prairie shooting star, Eastern shooting star, prairie pointers, rooster heads, American cowslip, pride of Ohio) has white, pink or purple dangling flowers. The five upward facing, reflexed petals (petals appear to bend backwards), yellow stamens, and greenish-purple style are fused at the base and converge into a downward facing point. The fused base has rings of white, yellow, and maroon.
Digitalis purpurea, form (3.111489)
Date: June 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Digitalis purpurea, form. Digitalis purpurea (foxglove, purple foxglove, fairy glove) has a tall stalk with tubular, bell-shaped flowers with four lobes that hang down. These flowers are pink and white. The plant has a basal rosette of coarse, heavily veined, large leaves with hairs that give them a downy appearance. The flower stalk that emerges on the second year has smaller alternate leaves. Digitalis purpurea is invasive in parts of the United States.
Digitalis purpurea, flower (3.111487)
Date: June 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Digitalis purpurea, flower. Digitalis purpurea (foxglove, purple foxglove, fairy glove) has a tall stalk with tubular, bell-shaped flowers with four lobes. The flowers are pink, white, or purple and usually have a spotted throat. Digitalis purpurea is invasive in parts of the United States.
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, flowers (3.111460)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Lamprocapnos spectabilis, flowers. Lamprocapnos spectabilis (common bleeding heart) is synonymous with and formerly known as Dicentra spectabilis. Pink, heart-shaped flowers with white tips hang down from long, arching, horizontal, leafless stems.
Astilbe x arendsii (Astilbe Arendsii Group), form (3.111116)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Astilbe x arendsii (Astilbe Arendsii Group), form; multiple cultivars; mounded green or bronze green compound leaves; white, dark red and pink plume-like flower panicles; other plants in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' (Silver Mound artemisia), form (3.111019)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' (Silver Mound artemisia), form ; small mound of grey green, finely cut foliage; garden bed in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' (Silver Mound artemisia), form (3.111018)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Artemisia schmidtiana 'Silver Mound' (Silver Mound artemisia), form; mounded, finely cut silver-gray foliage; sedums, other plants and mulch in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray (prairie dropseed), form (3.108513)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray (prairie dropseed), form; arching, mounded foliage; fine-textured, hair-like green leaves; garden bed with mulch, plant stake and brick edger in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray (prairie dropseed), form (3.108509)
Date: May 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Sporobolus heterolepis (A. Gray) A. Gray (prairie dropseed), form; arching, clumping mound; multiple plants; fine-textured, hair-like green leaves; planting bed with mulch, plant stake and edger bricks in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' (Hameln dwarf fountain grass), form (3.108448)
Date: August 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Hameln' (Hameln dwarf fountain grass), form; clump forming grass; arching narrow green leaves; pinkish-white bottle brush-like flower spikes; garden bed, walk, plants in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Pontederia cordata L. (pickerel-weed), flowers (3.107543)
Date: October 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pontederia cordata L. (pickerel-weed), flowers, spikes of lavender-blue flowers, stems with arrowhead-shaped leaves, brick walkway, light fixture and potted plant in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Pontederia cordata L. (pickerel-weed), flowers (3.107542)
Date: October 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Pontederia cordata L. (pickerel-weed), flowers, spikes of lavender-blue flowers, leaves, brick walk in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Nymphaea L., form (3.107536)
Date: August 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nymphaea L., form, green leaves, pink flowers, water in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Nymphaea L., form (3.107535)
Date: August 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nymphaea L. form, green leaves, yellow flower; water in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Nymphaea 'Green Smoke' (Green Smoke water lily), form (3.107504)
Date: October 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nymphaea 'Green Smoke' (Green Smoke water lily), form; orbicular green leaves with purple splotches and sinuate margins; stems; flower buds; yellow flowers; water in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Nymphaea 'Aquarius' (Aquarius water lily), form (3.107494)
Date: October 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nymphaea 'Aquarius' (Aquarius water lily), form; orbicular, green leaves with undulating margins; stems, and pink star-shaped flowers; water in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Nymphaea 'Aquarius' (Aquarius water lily), form (3.107493)
Date: October 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nymphaea 'Aquarius' (Aquarius water lily), form; orbicular, green leaves with undulating margins, stems and pink star-shaped flowers; water in background.
Extent: 1 slide
Nelumbo 'Mrs. Perry D. Slocum', flower (3.107470)
Date: August 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nelumbo 'Mrs. Perry D. Slocum', flower; pinkish-yellow flower; leaves in background.
Nelumbo 'Momo Botan' (sacred lotus), flower (3.107469)
Date: August 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Nelumbo 'Momo Botan' (sacred lotus), flower; double rosy-pink flower; round, cupped green leaves.
Cyperus papyrus L. (papyrus), form (3.107459)
Date: August 1994Creator: Yiesla, Sharon
Type: Photographic image
Description:Cyperus papyrus L. (papyrus), form; clumping stems; umbellate inflorescence; greenish-brown flowers.
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1994 (3.107059)
Date: 1994Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1994 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: a write up about the new Naturalists Certificate Program which was designed for the serious amateur naturalist to broaden, expand and deepen their understanding of the natural history of the Chicago area; an overview of the Central and West Asia Collection. Classes, trainings and upcoming events are also included.
Extent: 5 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1994 (3.107058)
Date: 1994Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1994 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: The Midwest Plant Exploration Collaboration of which the Morton Arboretum is a member, and their expedition to Siberia to collect horticultural specimens; the development of the children's book collection in the Sterling Morton Library. Volunteer opportunities, trainings and classes and lists of new and continuing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1994 (3.107057)
Date: 1994Creator: Way, Carol, Stowell, Gladys, Kovach, Linda
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1994 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the four Audubon prints that hang above the fireplace in the Sterling Morton Library, engravings of a Whistling Swan, a Trumpeter Swan, Artic Loons and Common Loons; a write up of the volunteer recognition; and the Reader column which features books on the natural history of China from the Sterling Morton Library. Volunteer opportunities, trainings and classes are featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Special Offers B.R. Field Transplanted Trees and Shrubs for Mail-Order - Large User - Nurserymen (3.106955)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1994Type: Document
Description:Plants available from Forrest Keeley Nursery in Fall, 1994.
Extent: 1 sheet
The Frist International Oak Confernece (3.106928)
Date: December 21 1994 – March 20 1995Type: Document
Description:An excerpt from Winter 1994-1995 The Morton Arboretum Events, News, & Classes publication covering the First International Oak Conference held at Morton Arboretum held October 17, 1994. This includes a picture of the participants on the steps of the Thornhill Education Center
Extent: 1 sheet
Participants in the Inaugural Meeting of the International Oak Society (3.106927)
Date: November 21 1994Type: Document
Description:A list of participants in the inaugural meeting of the International Oak Society held October 18, 1994 at The Morton Arboretum
Extent: 1 sheet