Oak Tree Galls?

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lennoides Toms River, NJ Dec 31, 2008

One of my Oak trees is loaded with these galls, will the tree be OK or should I take it down?

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lennoides Toms River, NJ Dec 31, 2008

this is the tree

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KSBaptisia Beatrice, NE(Zone 5b) Dec 31, 2008

Galls generally don't do serious damage to a tree, although they might slow its growth a bit. Rather than cutting the tree down, you might try a systemic pesticide like Imidacloprid.

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Moby Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) Dec 31, 2008

Here is some info from your neck of the woods http://www.ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/gallsOnOak.htm and some more reading http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef408.asp

Though unsightly, the galls aren't particularily harmful, as KS mentioned.

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