Red stuff on leaves

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miah66
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Red stuff on leaves

Post by miah66 » June 25th, 2015, 6:57 am

I came across this while hiking in the Chelan-Sawtooth wilderness in Central Washington this past weekend. It wasn't common, but several plants had this red stuff on them.

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Ever seen this before?
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Re: Red stuff on leaves

Post by kaltbluter » June 25th, 2015, 7:06 am

Looks like velvet galls.
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Re: Red stuff on leaves

Post by miah66 » June 25th, 2015, 10:04 am

Cool! Fascinating! It's interesting that it doesn't actually harm the tree or leaves.
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