What's this Plant?@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

What is this ON a plant?

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What's this Plant?@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year ago

This is on one of my mother’s maples. What is it and what should she do about it?

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Insects that form galls like this are typically only causing cosmetic damage and don’t threaten the health of the tree. I wouldn’t worry about them unless they were really out of control or you started seeing leaves dying

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