Unknown q-palustris-small-bud-gall

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Cynipidae | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, purple
Texture: hairless
Abundance:
Shape: globular
Season: Spring
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Location: bud, stem
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Gallformers ID Notes

A very small, hairless, dark-red gall adjacent to buds of Quercus palustris but not obviously emerging from bud scales. Observed in Ohio in April-May.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©


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Gallformers Contributors
2024
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