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What is this on my live oak trees?
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 5/8/24 at 10:19 pm
I have a few live oaks about two years old and while watering them this evening I noticed these bushy looking flowery things on one of them. What the hell is this? Never seen it before in my life.
Another less clear pic but still visible
Another less clear pic but still visible
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 12:20 am to TDsngumbo
Leafy oak gall made by the leafy oak gall wasp. It won't harm the tree, just the leaf it is on to some extent.
Being that they are young trees, if they show up in large numbers you can just pinch them off of the leaf, trying to save be leaf, they're attached to. There's probably another, even smaller parasitic wasp that targets those specific galls. Oaks are cool because they attract everything, and that's the point.
Being that they are young trees, if they show up in large numbers you can just pinch them off of the leaf, trying to save be leaf, they're attached to. There's probably another, even smaller parasitic wasp that targets those specific galls. Oaks are cool because they attract everything, and that's the point.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 7:17 am to LegendInMyMind
Googling the gall wasp sure does seem to confirm this. Thanks, baw! When I saw them I thought “no way they’re making acorns already” then took a closer look and was so confused.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:21 am to TDsngumbo
all of the juvenile live oaks i've transplanted have those or got those. its no big deal and nothing to be concerned about
Posted on 5/9/24 at 11:30 am to TDsngumbo
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Googling the gall wasp sure does seem to confirm this. Thanks, baw! When I saw them I thought “no way they’re making acorns already” then took a closer look and was so confused.
You got a weird one, and there are a bunch of weird ones.
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