About this Event
NOTE: This walk has been rescheduled to September 26th due to inclement weather.
Trip Leader: Matthew Wills, Naturalist and urban nature blogger.
Time and Location: Meet at 11am, just inside the Gothic Gate at the cemetery’s 25th Street entrance.
Green-Wood Cemetery
25th Street @ 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
Closest subway is one block away: R train to 25th Street (on 4th Avenue)
Google Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/RBrm4weLLadctBiN7
Description:
Galls are unusual plant growths induced by wasps, aphids, mites, midges, and other organisms who use the resulting species-unique forms as food and protection for their larvae. Green-Wood Cemetery, an arboretum with nearly 700 tree species, is an excellent place to observe these fascinating growths. We’ll concentrate on the Cynipidae wasps found on Quercus, but we’ll also touch on gall-makers found on Acer, Carya, Celtis, Nyssa, Rhus… the list goes on in a long evolutionary history of plant-animal interactions.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, United States
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