Unknown wax-myrtle-stem-swelling
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Morella cerifera
Detachable: integral
Color: brown, gray
Texture: stiff, bumpy
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Location: stem
Form: abrupt 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.
Gallformers ID Notes
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A large, abrupt, globose stem swelling on Morella cerifera (wax myrtle), often found at the intersection of several branches. It is covered in stretched and cracked bark.
The gall (not necessarily fresh) has been observed in August in Louisiana, in Georgia in July, and in May in Florida (2).
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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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 wax-myrtle-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here:
