United States, Illinois, DuPage, Morton Arboretum, Morton Arboretum, Lisle. East Woods; near Illinois tree trail loop 3. Edge of road.
41.814087 -88.04919 WGS84
Flower: N Fruit: Y Vegetation: Y Bud: Y
45 ft tree. Note concentric arcs on fruit. Additional annotation label information by Andrew Hipp (MOR) on May 16, 2007: Terminal buds 5-6 mm long, silky-pubescent on distal 1/2; acorns with a single ring of pits ~3 mm diam at the sylar end; acorn cap bodies somewhat glossy, tuberculated. Georeferenced by: Louise and Leebased on collectors description
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Hipp (ahipp@mortonarb.org)
oakshepardposted 2021-03-02 18:52:53
Jensen annotated the same tree as Quercus coccinea, but no reversal to Quercus ellipsoidalis by MOR staff. Why is this ellipsoidalis when it has all the diagnostic characters of coccinea? Fail to understand reasoning behind this.