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leaf gall on bur oak - Andricus quercuspetiolicola
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

leaf gall on bur oak - Andricus quercuspetiolicola
Saulbury Bridge Park, Nichols, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
June 26, 2009
Size: ~2 cm diameter
Large, solid galls on petiole of bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) leaves in campground in bottomland forest. View of upper leaf surface on left.

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Contributed by John Pearson on 29 June, 2009 - 10:50pm
Last updated 2 August, 2009 - 11:13am

Moved
Moved from Galls.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 August, 2009 - 11:13am

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… Ken Schneider, 19 July, 2009 - 10:23am

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