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 tapered, elongated stem swelling on Quercus geminata causing long, rough splits in the bark along the length of the twig. An old gall was observed in October in Florida.
Unless noted otherwise in the ID Notes, observations of this gall are collected in the Observation Field Gallformers Code with value q-geminata-split-stem-swelling on iNaturalist. You can view them here: