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Sagebrush Galls

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on April 11, 2018 by KNCOctober 23, 2025
D. Smith

If you have walked around in the grasslands, you may have noticed strange growths on the sagebrush. These growths, called galls, form when some organism – usually an insect – develops within the plant’s tissues. Generally, an adult female insect … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Fungi | Tagged Artemisia, Artimisia, Ceciomyiidae, Egg, Gall, Good, Larva, OK, Parasite, Parasitoid wasp, Sagebrush, Tridentata, Wasp

POP QUIZ: What do these Two Plants Have in Common?

Kamloops Naturalist Club Posted on March 25, 2018 by KNCOctober 23, 2025

This post has been revised to update the placement of photos, but the content is the same (10/2025): It’s pretty easy to spot differences between these two plants – one has yellow flowers, one has white flowers. One is squat, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flora, Naturalist Posts | Tagged Arabis, Bee, Boechera, Brassica, Brassicaceae, Flora, Fungi, Fungus, Grasslands, Insect, Mustard, OK, Parasite, Plants, Pollinator, Puccinia, Rust, Spring, Yellow

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