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Is this a normal cone growth for a cedar tree (along the B2B trail by Broadway Bridge) of some type of parasitic growth?
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Q. What type of maintenance is needed?
A. Tree Maintenance
A. Tree Maintenance
Q. What is the park name?
A. Riverside
A. Riverside
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I apologize. I forgot to make my comment public. This was my response from yesterday.
Actually, those aren't cones. Those are galls from a common fungus called Cedar-Apple Rust. Like the name infers it affects cedar trees and apple trees. Here's some more information about it.
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-tree-10
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