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Old 26-04-2004, 05:11 AM
Elizabeth
 
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Default Sick tree? Please read...link to pics posted

Looks like Southern Hackberry with nipple gall.

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elizabeth, Baton Rouge, LA
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"Michael Elliott" wrote in message
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I've got some pictures of a tree in our backyard posted here
http://michaelelliott3.tripod.com/tree/tree.html


Thanks to anyone who can shed some light on this; I'm a complete

tree
non-expert. I don't even know what species it is. At the end of

last
summer, we noticed some strange growths or tumors on the ends of

the
twigs. I recall that I broke a couple of them open, and there

was a
liquid inside which was bluish in color. This year, I see these

small
greenish balls forming along the green shoots. The

abnormal-appearing
ones seem to be present at the junction between the leaves and

the
twig. There are some smaller ones that also look like normal
fruit/seeds from the tree (they are on their own individual

stalks).
There are also some growths on many of the leaves. I've included
close-ups of the front and back of the leaves. The lesions

penetrate
through the leaf. I've looked on the 'net a bit, and the only

thing
that I can find is "black knot gall" which sounds similar.

If anyone can write back to me at (subject:

trees)
and let me know, I'd appreciate it. We're in mid-Oklahoma, if

that
helps the species/disease determination. The main info I'm

looking for
is:

1) what species of tree is this?

2) do you know what is going on? For all I know, these are

normal
findings

3) Any ideas about what to do about it?

Thanks! Michael

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