Nancy Soucy (Class of 2010), Cindy Hersh (Class of 2016), Lani York (Class of 2016), and Trish Kruza (Class of 2015) grace the elevated restrooms at Treasure Shores Park on Saturday, June 3. This beach park has plenty of parking,…
Tag: Persea borbonia
Redbays Live!
Redbays (Persea borbonia) were surprisingly abundant at the Indrio Savannahs Preserve when we visited on 3/8/2016, festooned with characteristic galls shown above. These characteristic galls are made by the red bay psyllid (Trioza magnoliae) and can be used to aid in…
Great Bay Galls
The red bay psylid (Trioza magnolia) is responsible for galls on the edges of the leaves of red bay (Persea borbonia) and swamp bay (Persea palustris). The galls are so ubiquitous and distinctive that they are sometimes used as a…
