Exhibits: Beall Woods trees, various oaks (3.34251)
Type: Photographic image
Description:An exhibit board created by Elizabeth Zimmerman for The Morton Arboretum, depicting drawings of various leaves, trunks, and fruit from oak trees found in Beall Woods.
Labels:
- --- / Oak
- Chinquapin Oak
- Shingle Oak
- Overcup [Oak]
Extent: 1 slide
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
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
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
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), habit, fall (3.47367)
Date: November 1971Creator: Hall, Marion Trufant
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), stately tree with irregular crown, short trunk and dark green leaves on densely covered branches near Highway 39 and upper Guadalupe River, alongside long metal chain link fence topped with wire and amongst trees with small building in background
Extent: 1 slide
4 Oaks: Pin Oak, Black Oak, Chinqapin Oak, Shingle Oak (3.18291)
Date: 1972Creator: Hart, Nancy
Type: Drawing
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 08 No. 04 (3.34580)
Date: December 21 1972 – March 20 1973Type: Serial
Description:
- A Taste of Wilderness: Arboretum Teens Explore the Manistee (49-53)
- Notes from the Sterling Morton Library (54-55)
- Arboretum News and Notes (56)
- Climatological Summary (56)
- Charles C. Deam (1865-1953): An Uncommon Common Man (57-58)
- Excerpts from Letters written by Charles Clemon Deam to Floyd Swink between 1947 and 1951 with comments by Floyd Swink (59-62)
- Floyd Swink: Typist Turned Taxonomist (62-64)
Extent: 16 pages
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), habit, summer (3.47366)
Date: August 1973Creator: Stickney, William S.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), young tree with pyramidal to oval habit, densely covered with mostly dark green leaves, some dried brown
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), bark and bud detail (3.47361)
Date: May 1977Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), closeup detail of brown bark on tree, showing shallow-fissured, rugged, flaky ridges; inset image of rough woody twig shows closeup detail of growth ring, vascular bundle and leaf scars, lenticels, and small pointed buds at tip
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), section of crown (3.47365)
Date: May 1977Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), section of crown showing contorted branches covered with mostly green leaves and some yellow-brown leaves near trunk, amongst trees in background
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), male flowers detail (3.47363)
Date: May 1979Creator: Dritz, Ken
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), closeup detail of green catkins hanging from twig with new green leaves
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), twig and buds (3.47362)
Date: August 1980Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), three small pointed brown buds at tip of rough woody twig showing closeup detail of lenticels, growth ring, vascular bundle and leaf scars
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), bark (3.47313)
Date: August 1980Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), detail of gray to brown bark on tree, showing furrowed, rugged, flaky ridges
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), leaves (3.47297)
Date: September 16 1982Creator: Kohout, Kitty
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), lustrous, dark green leaves with jagged teeth and brown spots
Extent: 1 slide
1991/10/04: George Ware to Suzanne Malec (3.56304)
Date: October 4 1991Creator: Ware, George
Type: Document
Description:Facsimile of an abstract and research paper sent to Suzanne Malec of the Open Land Project. The paper, Trees for Restricted Spaces was written by George Ware and discusses the genetic, topographic, and edaphic factors to take into consideration when selecting urban trees.
Extent: 8 sheets
Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), habit, early spring (3.47368)
Date: May 2000Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (chinkapin oak), habit, bare tree with short trunk amongst shrubs and trees in collection
Extent: 1 slide
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, summer (3.46661)
Date: July 18 2002Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, summer
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, summer (3.46662)
Date: July 18 2002Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, summer
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, spring (3.46656)
Date: May 15 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, spring
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), flower, staminate (3.46640)
Date: May 15 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), flower, staminate
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, spring (3.46655)
Date: May 15 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, spring
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, fall (3.46647)
Date: October 31 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, fall
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bark, trunk (3.46630)
Date: October 31 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bark, trunk
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bud, terminal (3.46634)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bud, terminal
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bark, trunk (3.46631)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bark, trunk
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bud, terminal (3.46635)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bud, terminal
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bark, trunk (3.46632)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bark, trunk
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, fall (3.46648)
Date: November 19 2008Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, fall
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, winter (3.46650)
Date: January 31 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, winter
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, winter (3.46649)
Date: April 1 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), habit, winter
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), fruit, mature (3.46645)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), fruit, mature
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, upper surface (3.46663)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, upper surface
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), fruit, immature (3.46642)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), fruit, immature (3.46643)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), fruit, immature
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bud, terminal (3.46636)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), bud, terminal
Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, lower surface (3.46654)
Date: September 23 2009Creator: Hedborn Jr., Edward A.
Type: Photographic image
Description:Quercus muehlenbergii (Chinkapin Oak), leaf, lower surface