Cluster of Oak Apple Galls

These pictures taken by Paul Cooper, 25 March 2015, show an unusually large cluster of oak apple galls on a valley oak. Murphys Ca. Paul reports there may have been a hundred oak galls in this one oak.

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Cluster of oak apple galls on a valley oak. Image by Paul Cooper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cluster of oak apple galls on a valley oak. Image by Paul Cooper.