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ID help: tree, and red spikes on leaves
Hi all,
I need some help identifying the kind of tree outside my house planted by the city several years ago. More importantly I'd like to know what those ugly "red spikes" on some of the leaves are. Are they mite galls? If so, how to get rid of them? About 20% of the leaves have these spikes. Here are some pictures I just took today: Entire tree: http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/tree_overall.jpg Leaves close-up: http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/good_leaves.jpg Spikes: http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes1.jpg http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes2.jpg http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes3.jpg http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes4.jpg Thanks and have a nice day. |
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ID help: tree, and red spikes on leaves
In message om, Simon
W writes Hi all, I need some help identifying the kind of tree outside my house planted by the city several years ago. More importantly I'd like to know what those ugly "red spikes" on some of the leaves are. Are they mite galls? If so, how to get rid of them? About 20% of the leaves have these spikes. Here are some pictures I just took today: Entire tree: http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/tree_overall.jpg Leaves close-up: http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/good_leaves.jpg Spikes: http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes1.jpg http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes2.jpg http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes3.jpg http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spikes4.jpg Thanks and have a nice day. It's a lime (linden, basswood). I don't recognise the species, but from the white underside to the leaf (and it not looking like Tilia tomentosa) I'd guess at one of the forms of Tilia americana var heterophylla. The third "white" lime is Tilia oliveri. http://www.malvaceae.info/Genera/Tilia/gallery.html The "spikes" are nail galls. According to the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society, UK) you can't get rid of them, but they're harmless and should be tolerated. http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile..._gall_mite.asp -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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ID help: tree, and red spikes on leaves
On May 29, 1:52 pm, Simon W wrote:
Hi all, I need some help identifying the kind of tree outside my house planted by the city several years ago. More importantly I'd like to know what those ugly "red spikes" on some of the leaves are. Are they mite galls? If so, how to get rid of them? About 20% of the leaves have these spikes. Here are some pictures I just took today: Entire tree:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/tree_overall.jpg Leaves close-up:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/good_leaves.jpg Spikes:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spike...mp/spikes4.jpg Thanks and have a nice day. Eriophyid mites, my hort instructor said they were named by someone who hated vowells. Nothing to be done about them, no harm to the tree. Now you have a scrabble word guaranteed to elicit a challange. |
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ID help: tree, and red spikes on leaves
"beecrofter" wrote in message ps.com... On May 29, 1:52 pm, Simon W wrote: Hi all, I need some help identifying the kind of tree outside my house planted by the city several years ago. More importantly I'd like to know what those ugly "red spikes" on some of the leaves are. Are they mite galls? If so, how to get rid of them? About 20% of the leaves have these spikes. Here are some pictures I just took today: Entire tree:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/tree_overall.jpg Leaves close-up:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/good_leaves.jpg Spikes:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spike...mp/spikes4.jpg Thanks and have a nice day. Eriophyid mites, my hort instructor said they were named by someone who hated vowells. Nothing to be done about them, no harm to the tree. Now you have a scrabble word guaranteed to elicit a challange. Too many letters? Betsy |
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ID help: tree, and red spikes on leaves
On Wed, 30 May 2007 17:53:05 -0400, "betsyb"
wrote: "beecrofter" wrote in message ups.com... On May 29, 1:52 pm, Simon W wrote: Hi all, I need some help identifying the kind of tree outside my house planted by the city several years ago. More importantly I'd like to know what those ugly "red spikes" on some of the leaves are. Are they mite galls? If so, how to get rid of them? About 20% of the leaves have these spikes. Here are some pictures I just took today: Entire tree:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/tree_overall.jpg Leaves close-up:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/good_leaves.jpg Spikes:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spike...mp/spikes4.jpg Thanks and have a nice day. Eriophyid mites, my hort instructor said they were named by someone who hated vowells. Nothing to be done about them, no harm to the tree. Now you have a scrabble word guaranteed to elicit a challange. Too many letters? Betsy One might add "eriophy" to "id" assuming this word is in the official dictionary. |
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ID help: tree, and red spikes on leaves
"Treedweller" wrote in message ... On Wed, 30 May 2007 17:53:05 -0400, "betsyb" wrote: "beecrofter" wrote in message oups.com... On May 29, 1:52 pm, Simon W wrote: Hi all, I need some help identifying the kind of tree outside my house planted by the city several years ago. More importantly I'd like to know what those ugly "red spikes" on some of the leaves are. Are they mite galls? If so, how to get rid of them? About 20% of the leaves have these spikes. Here are some pictures I just took today: Entire tree:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/tree_overall.jpg Leaves close-up:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/good_leaves.jpg Spikes:http://poboxes.podzone.org/tmp/spike...mp/spikes4.jpg Thanks and have a nice day. Eriophyid mites, my hort instructor said they were named by someone who hated vowells. Nothing to be done about them, no harm to the tree. Now you have a scrabble word guaranteed to elicit a challange. Too many letters? Betsy One might add "eriophy" to "id" assuming this word is in the official dictionary. Not in the dictionary on my Hasbro online Scrabble game? Sorry. Betsy |
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