Cherry Ballart at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Exocarpos cupressiformis | 8 Oct 2017 | BettyDonWood | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Oct 2017 | W |
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User's notes
Most trees seemed to have these galls on them.
6 comments
BettyDonWood
wrote:
8 Oct 2017
Could you move photos 2 and 3 to 3 and 4. They make IDing the plant more difficult. And delete one or both of them?
waltraud
wrote:
9 Oct 2017
Bit hard to see but I think this is Exocapus cupressiformis and the gall-like structures are the result of a desease I'm afraid - something similar to the one quite often observed in Acacia implexa that forms this big ugly clumps and eventually kills the tree.
waltraud
wrote:
9 Oct 2017
Re the gall-like structure: I see occasionally Exocarpus cupressiformis specimen with lgall-like structures on branches. I am afraid they are not galls (which are caused by insects) but stem canker or anthracnose caused by a gall rust fungus.; see The cankers of Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill: http://www.publish.csiro.au/BT/BT9650235 - unfortunately no image. Acacia implexa have quite often similar structures at least on Mt Majura and Mt Ainslie - eventually, the disease kills its host. For instance, all Acacia implexa on Mt Majura's summit were diseased and killed about 10 years ago. See a pictures of Acacia saligna diseased by a gall rust fungus Uromycladium tepperianum: http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-acacia-saligna-with-acacia-gall-rust-fungus-uromycladium-tepperianum-62270149.html
and of Acacia dealbata with gall like structure caused by another gall rust fungus of the same genus, Uromycladium notabile http://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forestry-model/the-essentials/forest-health-pests-and-
diseases/diseases/Uromycladium/UromycladiumPath15, note the comment in the article reg U. notabile!
or google gall rust fungus Acacia
and of Acacia dealbata with gall like structure caused by another gall rust fungus of the same genus, Uromycladium notabile http://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forestry-model/the-essentials/forest-health-pests-and-
diseases/diseases/Uromycladium/UromycladiumPath15, note the comment in the article reg U. notabile!
or google gall rust fungus Acacia
Mike
wrote:
9 Oct 2017
There are some Uromycladium sightings on CNM -try Quick Search. Uromycladium tepperanium seems to attack Acacia implexa but I think there is another that is killing Acacia ulicifolia. This one on Exocarpus cupressiformis is another that is present on Isaacs Ridge though I haven't photographed it.
W
wrote:
10 Oct 2017
Thanks for the ID's and information everyone. Seems like the rust is a pretty aggressive colonizer.
Unfortunately I don't know how to edit the sighting to rearrange or delete those images :/ could I trouble someone for advice on that?
Unfortunately I don't know how to edit the sighting to rearrange or delete those images :/ could I trouble someone for advice on that?
waltraud
wrote:
11 Oct 2017
W
I wouldn't delete! this is all very interesting and valuable info. When I did a websearch I couldn't find info of gall rust fungus on E. cupressiformis; there are gall rust fungi on pines...
I wouldn't delete! this is all very interesting and valuable info. When I did a websearch I couldn't find info of gall rust fungus on E. cupressiformis; there are gall rust fungi on pines...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.154404-35.264904
- Altitude 655.2m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 7 Oct 2017 05:49 PM Recorded on
- W Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Other Trees W
Species information
- Exocarpos cupressiformis Scientific name
- Cherry Ballart Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1381.61m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Ngunnawal language
Mummadya
