I came across two trees in different locations that have bumps with growth of up to 30 buds and branches actually growing from them in multiple places. I first noticed and recorded an extreme example in iNat: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/253009852 This is a condition called epicormic g…

[image] Photon434: I noticed that iNaturalist doesn’t have a category for identifying epicormic growth. Does this merit an iNaturalist ID so that the condition can be recorded and sorted on? Epicormic growth is simply a growth habit, only if it is caused by an organism separate to the tree wo…

Protea witch’s broom is so common here I have forgotten to make an obs for my life list. No annotation available, but we go straight to the sp ID anyway. Fasciation is sort of similar. Depending on the known cause, you can ID.

Epicormic Growth - A condition without and ID

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Photon434 December 2, 2024, 3:54pm 4

I appreciate your directness and agree whole heartedly with everything you said. I found it a proper home now in the existing Observation Field, “Canker/Galls/Burls”. Thanks for the help!

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Epicormic Growth - A condition without and ID

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