Unknown q-marilandica-spindle-swelling
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus falcata / Quercus marilandica
Detachable: integral
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Shape: spindle
Season: Fall
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Location: stem
Form: tapered swelling
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Our ID Notes may contain important tips necessary for distinguishing this gall from similar galls and/or important information about the taxonomic status of this gall inducer.
Cynipid galls of the eastern United States
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Quercus falcata
Stem galls, woody stem swellings
Spindle-shaped or lumpy thickenings of the bark containing many cells, 50 by 10 mm. Seen in MO. Never reared.
Quercus marilandica
Stem galls, woody stem swellings
Spindle-shaped or lumpy swellings containing many cells in thickened bark, 50 by 10 mm. Seen in TX and MO in Sept.
- LH Weld: (1959) Cynipid galls of the eastern United States©
Reference: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/273718#page/74/mode/1up
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Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-marilandica-spindle-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
