Unknown q-sinuata-strawberry-gall
The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Hosts: Quercus sinuata
Detachable: detachable
Color: red, white, green, purple
Texture: hairless, spiky/thorny
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Shape: spindle
Season: Spring
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Location: bud, leaf edge
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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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Relatively large, robust spindle shaped bud galls covered in facets elongating to rounded red-purple tips. The gall begins green and turns white as it matures, but the tips are apparently purple even when the gall is quite young, dense at first and spreading out as it matures. The overall appearance resembles a strawberry. They emerge from buds on Quercus sinuata in the spring at budbreak, entirely replacing the leaves or flowers that would otherwise have developed, or occasionally developing on the edge of a young leaf. Observed in early April in Texas.
”- Gallformers Contributors: (2024) Gallformers ID Notes©
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