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Leaf gall

Photo by AnnetteLeroux
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Field Notes

Description:

Pink spiny leaf gall growing on an oak leaf

Habitat:

Large Oak tree in a school yard near a creek.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
John La Salle
Most probably a gall induced by a gall wasp in the family Cynipidae http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall_wasp

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PublishedJune 26, 2013

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