This gorgeous gall was like a Christmas ornament on the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area scrub. This gall (or cecidia) on Faey's palafoxia (Palafoxia faeyi) was caused by a gall-making midge (Asphondylia sp.). Note the exit hole below ... A…
Category: Scrub plant
Tarflower Local & Distant
The tarflower (Bejaria racemosa) has flowered gloriously at the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area this year. Steve Goff (Class of 2006), Pelican Island Audubon Society treasurer, provides scale in the picture above taken on 6/15/2014. Tarflower also was abundant at…
Thorny & Thigmonastic Mimosa vine
Thigmonasty is the term for touch-induced movement in plants. Fourvalve mimosa (Mimosa quadrivalvis) is a thorny vine that grows in dry, scrubby areas at the Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area. This diminutive but daunting vine flowers with small pink poofs about…
Sticky but not Icky: Tarflower
On the south Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area near the kiosk grows tarflower (Bejaria racemosa). When not in flower, this shrub of scrub and pine flatwoods is easy to overlook. Its spring-summer flowers, however, are quite striking and are held in…
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