a sprig of windfall on the road up/down…. What are these on it? they are like tiny bowls. ????
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that is the “oak cup gall ” pancake gall ”
so beautyful litle drink cups
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I agree with Maria ~ love her descriptions! oak button galls – at link. http://tinyurl.com/4sns5h9z
Also, the leaves look very similar to those of Quercus engelmannii (Engelmann Oak)LikeLike
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Lots of tannin…to dye pot
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thank you for the link to things seen years ago (both the galls and the spotted leaves) and only now comprehended
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Isn’t nature Grand!
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(((Grace))) the wonder of Mother Nature, love Maria’s word picture of tiny drinking cups!
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bedankt Yvette … zal hier ook eens op zoek gaan ,
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thank you MO ,
wish you the best , let us trink together with these small cup delicius nectar …. all of you ” sante”LikeLike
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Grateful for Kathy’s link .. what new studying nature could be so interesting and fun. Thanks Grace for this picture and thanks everyone for your comments.
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i have seen those here in the midwest but never took the time to figure out what they were. i often see them here on elm leaves.
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thank you for this link! as i wrote below i have seen them here in the midwest but never took the time to pick up the leaves and look deeply at them. now i will as i want to see the tiny bowls.
i’ve been busy trying to beat the squirrels to the freshly fallen black walnuts which are in abundance here this year.LikeLike
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