Monday, December 15, 2008

The Gall of it All! ...at Little Sycamore Canyon

Found a neat gall on Little Sycamore Canyon trail yesterday, 14 December 2008. Research has led me to believe that this is a Disholcaspis plumbella; Beaked Twig Gall Wasp, On a Scrub Oak (Quercus berberidifolia).


Laura Cohen at the Nix Nature Center wrote a lovely word document on galls back in October 2008, AVAILABLE HERE.

Trails will be closed until the rain and muddy conditions subside. Keep checking www.ocparks.com for park news and reopenings.

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