If you spend enough time looking at and working with plants, you’ll inevitably come across galls. Galls are abnormal growths and can be caused by a variety of different organisms, including insects ...

QUESTION: I discovered a growth on my oak tree that is white and cottony-looking and about the size of a golf ball. Any idea what it is and what I can do about it? ANSWER: That interesting growth is a ...

Earlier this month my colleague, LyAnn Graff, brought in an interesting looking fuzz ball surrounding a thin leafy branch of a burr oak tree. It was about the size of a golf ball, but with red-tipped ...

Q. We found this strange ball growing in our oak tree a few weeks ago. What is it? Should I be concerned? Answer: The growth you’re seeing is called a wool sower gall and is caused by a tiny wasp that ...

While walking to the mailbox one sunny morning I saw odd-looking spheres hanging from one of the young white oaks. About the size of golf balls, they were white with a few brown spots and fuzzy.

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The spirit of Dr. Seuss is alive in Texas. The Atlanta State Park - Texas Parks and Wildlife posted two photos to Facebook of the wool sower gall, also known as the oak seed gall. This flower, which ...

In northern New England, acorns ripen in late summer and normally drop from oak trees from September through October. They may fall earlier, however, for a host of reasons, from eager squirrels ...