Persisting in the winter months as ball-shaped shells on oak trees, galls, which are considered an eyesore by landscapers in the summer months, appear as a sort of curiosity in winter. What are these ...

Woolly oak gall Goldenrod ball gall and bunch gall on same plant. Ruth Smith photo. Oak apple gall. Ruth Smith photo. A friend sent me a text message recently in which she asked, “Any idea what these ...

The relationships that have evolved between plants and animals over many millennia of time spent coexisting are often as interesting as they are vast and varied. From the production of nectar and ...

There’s no need to look to sci-fi for weird stories. Just go outside and take a close look at a live oak tree. You are likely to find odd growths on leaves and woody stems. They are not flowers, ...

When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...

Plenty of animals build their homes in oak trees. But some very teeny, tricky insects make the tree do all the work. “What nerve!” you might say. What … gall! And you’d be right. Oak galls are caused ...

There are hundreds of species of galls that attack oaks alone. You’re probably familiar with woody oak galls and wooly oak galls that attack live oaks and leave wooden marble-like growths and small ...

Galls are growths on leaves, stems, branches, trunks, and roots caused by various agents. But they are usually induced by either insects or a fungus of some sort. The exact manner in which insect ...

Residents of Leon and Wakulla counties may be noticing dead or dying laurel oaks in yards or along the roads. If you look at these trees carefully, you will see round, wooden balls on the twigs and ...

THIS volume will certainly prove to be of great use to all students of insect and plant life. The. author's previous works, viz., “British Vegetable Galls,” published in 1901, and “British Oak Galls,” ...

When you look up into the bare branches of some oak trees at this time of year, you can see ball-shaped growths hanging there, looking almost like nature’s Christmas ornaments. These are galls. A gall ...