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Gall on oak leaf
Copyright © 2008 John R. Maxwell

Gall on oak leaf
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
August 30, 2008
Size: Maybe around 5 mm?
This gall was on an oak leaf.

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 6 September, 2008 - 11:04pm
Last updated 26 March, 2009 - 1:14am

Moved
Moved from Galls. Host determined (with 99% certainty) to be scrub oak, here:

Doesn't seem to match anything in Weld (1), regardless of what the host is.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 March, 2009 - 1:14am

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