4 Oaks: Pin Oak, Black Oak, Chinqapin Oak, Shingle Oak (3.18291)
Date: 1972Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
Arboretum Landscape Teaching Aid Series: Know, Know, Know Your Oaks, This Is How They Grow (3.19509)
Date: 1940 – 1960Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Primarily textual teaching aid depicting Arboretum landscape. This material describes the growth direction of five types of oak tree branches. Illustrations depict small human-shaped figures that indicate tree branch growth with arms and run diagonally down the center of the image with descriptive text on either side.
Header: Know, know, know your oaks, / This is how they grow:
Text and illustrations from top to bottom:
- Red Oak, [illustration of figure with arms raised overhead] (arms held to indicate acute-angled branching)
- White Oak, [illustration of figure with arms raised to shoulders] (arms indicate right-angled branching)
- Bur Oak, [illustration of figure with arms raised to shoulder and elbows bent down] (elbows indicated gnarled branching)
- Pin Oak, [illustration of figure with arms extended at sides] (deflected lower branches)
- and Hill's, untidy below. [illustration of figure with arms raised to shoulder, elbows bent down, and fingers splayed] (fingers indicate deflected, dead, lower branches)
Extent: 1 sheet
Winter Twigs, page 3 (3.24632)
Date: 1943Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Page 3 of 4, illustrations showing identifying characteristics of different types of winter twigs with identifying labels and text above each, created to accompany "Winter Twigs" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Some original identifying text has detached and is no longer present.
Illustrations are divided into seven sections, depicted from top to bottom, left to right:
1) TREES WITH THORNS
- Honey locust -- Gleditsia triacanthos
- Black locust -- Robinia pseudo-acacia
- Osage orange -- Maclura pomifera
- Hawthorn -- Crataegus
- Wild crab -- Malus ioensis [and] Malus coronaria
- Wild plum : Prunus americana [and] Prunus nigra
- European larch -- Larix decidua
- Tamarack -- Larix laricina
- Ginkgo -- Ginkgo biloba
- Black Oak Group
- Red oak -- Quercus borealis maxima
- Northern pin oak -- Quercus ellipsoidalis
- Pin oak -- Quercus palustris
- White Oak Group
- Bur Oak -- Quercus macrocarpa
- White oak -- Quercus alba
- Swamp white oak -- Quercus bicolor
- Tulip [tree] -- Liriodendron tulipifera
- Sycamore -- Platanus occidentalis
- Kentucky coffee tree -- Gymnocladus dioicus
- Tree of heaven -- Ailanthus altissima
- Staghorn sumac -- Rhus typhina
- Smooth sumac -- Rhus glabra
- Willow -- Salix
Extent: 1 sheet
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
Forest Nature Trail Guide, page 3 illustrations and layout with preliminary sketches (3.24653)
Date: 1946Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Sheet One: Original illustrations and layout for page 3, excluding text, for The Morton Arboretum Forest Nature Trail Guide booklet. Key lines included.
Illustrated stumps with numbers indicate points of interest along trail as seen on trail map.
Tree stump #1: Four Kinds of Oaks
Identifying characteristics for oak trees and leaves illustrated to the right for Bur Oak, White Oak, Red Oak, Northern Pin Oak.
Tree stump #2: A Limestone Boulder
Identifying characteristics for trilobites and crinoids illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #3: A Granite Boulder
Identifying characteristics for granite boulder illustrated to the right.
Tree stump #4: Wild Black Raspberries
Identifying characteristics for wild black raspberries leaves, stem, flower, and fruit illustrated to the right.
Sheet Two: Preliminary sketch of green-colored illustrations.
Extent: 2 sheets
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
Oaks of the Arboretum (3.24796)
Date: 1944Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:Illustrations of five species of oak, created to accompany "The Oaks of The Morton Arboretum" article featured in Morton Arboretum Bulletin of Popular Information. Illustrations include full tree outline in winter. Each oak is accompanied with descriptive text including its scientific name, soil requirements, branch, and bark descriptions.
Trees and text depicted from left to right, top to bottom:
- Eastern Red Oak -- Quercus borealis maxima
- smooth upper parts; acute-angled branching, dark ridged bark, on well-drained upland
- Pin Oak -- Quercus palustris
- straight central shaft; payramidal shape; short spur-like twigs; dark ridged bark; in moist lowland
- Northern Pin Oak -- Quercus ellipsoidalis
- smooth upper parts; leaves persistent in winter; deflected dead lower branches; on well-drained upland
- White Oak -- Quercus alba
- horizontal branching; leaves persistent in winter; scaly whitish bark; on well-drained upland
- Bur Oak -- Quercus macrocarpa
- gnarled branches; corky ridges; gray, ridged bark; on rich bottom-land
Extent: 1 sheet
Illinois Tree Trail, Pin oak, (Quercus palustris) (3.24825)
Date: 1970Creator: Schmidt, Helen.
Type: Drawing
Description:Illinois Tree Trail, Pin oak, (Quercus palustris) 40-336
Tree silhouette, leaf, text about the species and a map of its range
One of seventeen images, drawn by volunteer artists under the direction of Nancy Hart and Richard Wason, used on metal interpretive signs along the Illinois Tree Trail around Meadow Lake on the grounds of The Morton Arboretum. (Signs removed in 2003.)
Extent: 1 drawing
Chestnut white oak = [graphic] Quercus Pus. palustris / Bessa delt. Gabriel Sc. (3.25053)
Date: 1865Creator: Bessa, Pancrace, 1772-approximately 1835.
Type: Print
Extent: 1 print : engraving, hand-colored plate mark 24 x 15 cm., on sheet 29 x 18 cm.
Pin oak, Quercus palustris (3.26727)
Date: 1819Creator: Redouté, Pierre Joseph, 1759-1840., Gabriel, engraver.
Type: Print
Description:Pin oak, Quercus palustris
Branch tip with three leaves and three acorns.
Extent: 1 sheet
Leaf Prints: Pin Oak (3.27716)
Date: circa 1950Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Print
Description:A white negative nature print of pin oak leaves and stems on a dark background with identifying text at bottom right handwritten by May T. Watts.
Identifying text:
- Oak pin
- Quercus palustris
Extent: 1 sheet
Kluckhohn tree mover moving large pin oak when Route 53 was made four lanes (3.2964)
Date: 1959Type: Photographic image
Description:Kluckhohn tree mover moving large pin oak when Route 53 was made four lanes
Extent: 1 photograph
Trees Native To North America But Not To This Region That Can Be Grown Here (3.33821)
Creator: Watts, May Theilgaard
Type: Drawing
Description:A large illustration depicting a bird's-eye view of three sets of houses and yards with different types of trees growing in each. The trees are drawn in silhouette.
Header:
- TREES NATIVE TO NORTH AMERICAN BUT NOT TO THIS REGION / THAT CAN BE GROWN HERE
arborvitae -- Osage-orange -- black locust -- hemlock -- gray birch -- Jeffrey pine -- flowering dogwood -- redbud -- tulip-tree -- pitch pine -- mountain-ash -- persimmon -- pawpaw -- red mulberry -- douglas-fir -- white spruce -- red-cedar -- [concolor] white fir -- balsam fir -- [Colorado] blue spruce -- jack pine -- paper birch -- magnolia -- white pine -- red pine -- beech -- limber pine -- ponderosa pine -- sycamore -- catalpa -- Ohio buckeye -- Pin oak
Extent: 1 sheet
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 07 No. 03 (3.34575)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1971Type: Serial
Description:
- Noise—The Ultimate Insult (21-25, 28)
- Amur Cork-tree, Phellodendron amurense: Rue Family (Rutaceae) (26-27)
- What Became of Arbor Day? (29-36)
- Climatological Summary (36)
Extent: 16 pages
1981/03/03: Jeff Dawson to George Ware (3.38659)
Date: March 3 1981Creator: Dawson, Jeffrey O.
Type: Document
Description:Letter from Jeff Dawson, Assistant Professor of Forestry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to George Ware discussing an outline of proposed research concerning the low soil oxygen tolerance (with mention of ethanol and flood tolerance) of maple and oak trees.
Enclosed with letter
An Ethanol Tree-Seedling Assay: A Potential Method to Screen Trees for Tolerance to Low Soil Oxygen Conditions Resulting from Soil Compaction and Paving. Review of current literature and proposal for two experiments to examine oxygen deficiency and ethanol tolerance in tree seedling roots. The results would be used in the creation of an tree survivability index which would be of use in flood prone areas or compacted urban and recreational sites.
Extent: 7 sheets, 1 envelope
Notations and contact information (3.44623)
Type: Document
Description:Note written by or for George Ware containing contact information for Elaine Andre and information concerning a 25 year old chlorotic pin oak.
Extent: 1 sheet
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature (3.46680)
Date: February 23 2007Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature (3.46681)
Date: October 13 2012Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature (3.46682)
Date: October 13 2012Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature (3.46683)
Date: October 13 2012Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, mature
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, twig (3.46684)
Date: April 20 2016Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bark, twig
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bud, vegetative (3.46685)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), bud, vegetative
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), fruit, immature (3.46687)
Date: April 20 2016Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), fruit, immature (3.46688)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), fruit, mature (3.46689)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), fruit, mature
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, fall (3.46690)
Date: October 24 2014Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, fall
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, fall (3.46692)
Date: October 2 1976Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, fall
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, summer (3.46693)
Date: October 13 2012Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, summer
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, winter (3.46694)
Date: March 10 2007Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, winter
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, winter (3.46695)
Date: March 10 2007Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), habit, winter
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence (3.46696)
Date: April 20 2016Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence (3.46697)
Date: April 20 2016Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence (3.46698)
Date: April 20 2016Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence (3.46699)
Date: April 30 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), inflorescence
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), leaf, upper surface (3.46702)
Date: July 21 2012Creator: Lobdell, Matt
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), leaf, upper surface
Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), leaf, upper surface (3.46703)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus palustris (Pin Oak), leaf, upper surface