United States, Illinois, Cook, Calumet City, Claypool Forest Preserve. Park mostly cleared out below underbrush. Woods of oak-hickory. Mixed collection with possibly hybrids with Q. velutina.
41.605724 -87.554602 WGS84
TRS: T36N R15E S18SW 1/4
Flower: N Fruit: N Vegetation: Y Bud: Y
Most trees w/descending branches. Some trees 15 m tall, to 2-3 dm d.b.h., bark gray to blackish, smooth lower down. Add'l annotation label information by A. Hipp (MOR), May 15, 2007: End buds densely silky-pubescent on... (see Comments for more) Cont'd from Attributes: ...distal 2/3, 5 mm long; acorn cap scale bodies glossy, somewhat tuberculated, tips not elongate. Many oaks around Calumet City problematic and reminiscent of Q. coccinea; this specimen is no exception. Still, Q. ellipsoidalis seems the closest fit. Georeferenced by: Louise & Leebased on Collectors descripton