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14-09-2007, 08:45 PM
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| | | Strange Growth on Birch
Any one know what has erupted from this Birch tree?  
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14-09-2007, 08:48 PM
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| | | Re: Strange Growth on Birch
Can't remember what it's called but it's due to a virus, I think, creating a callus. Quite common and birches live with them for a long time. I think that the callus is very soft and is easily colonised by various insects so not a bad thing, unless you're a birch .... |
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