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Gall on Oak - Polystepha quercifolia
Copyright © 2011 T. Gilliam

Gall on Oak - Polystepha quercifolia
Merchants Millpond State Park, Gatesville, Gates County, North Carolina, USA
May 7, 2011
Size: 4mm
Found on unidentified oak (Quercus sp.) seedling alongside trail in mixed deciduous forest.

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Contributed by T. Gilliam on 12 May, 2011 - 9:25pm
Last updated 13 May, 2011 - 6:00am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
In the future please include a photo of the whole leaf for host ID if you're not sure what kind of oak. This isn't usually necessary for the midge galls, but it often is important for cynipid galls. The wool sower gall happened to be distinctive enough that I recognized it, but that one is only found on white oak.
… Charley Eiseman, 13 May, 2011 - 1:18am

 
Whole Leaf Image
The plant had only three leaves on it - all distinctly different in shape and size - unidentifiable beyond white oak group at this life stage.
… T. Gilliam, 13 May, 2011 - 5:59am

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