Spurred on by two rainy years, the spread of sudden oak death in Marin and 18 California counties is back on the rise — this time with an aggressive new strain invading the Bay Area. Until recently, ...
petraea are the host plants for more than 70 species of cynipid gall wasp. It is the larval stage of these insects that induce the plant to produce abnormal growths, known as galls, that enclose the ...