Unknown q-alba-vein-bend

The inducer of this gall is unknown or undescribed.
Family: Unknown | Genus: Unknown
Detachable: integral
Color: green
Texture: hairy, hairless
Abundance:
Shape:
Season: Fall
Related:
Alignment: integral
Walls:
Location: leaf midrib, on leaf veins
Form: leaf curl
Cells:
Possible Range:i
Common Name(s):
Synonymy:
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Gallformers ID Notes

A slight swelling and twisting of the midrib or major side vein of Quercus alba, causing the leaf to bend sharply toward the ground. Multiple swellings may occur along the same leaf, causing the leaf to curl substantially. Observed in Michigan in September.

- Gallformers Contributors: (2023) Gallformers ID Notes©


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