Erica cinerea L.
(Bell Heather)

Interactions where Erica cinerea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Ceratothrips ericae a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Ceratothrips ericae/Ceratothrips ericaea thripslarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica cinerea/Erica cinereabell heatherliveflower larva feeds on live flower
flower (live) live flower is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Ceratothrips ericae a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thrips, Kirk, W.D.J., 1996
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Ceratothrips ericae/Ceratothrips ericaea thripsadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica cinerea/Erica cinereabell heatherliveflower adult feeds on live flower
stem (newly dead) newly dead stem is decayed by superficial, subiculate pseudothecium Protoventuria straussii an ascomycete Venturiales: Venturiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Protoventuria straussii/Protoventuria straussiian ascomycetesuperficial, subiculatepseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica cinerea/Erica cinereabell heathernewly deadstem (4-5)superficial, subiculate pseudothecium is saprobic on newly dead stem

Erica cinerea (Bell Heather) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Kirk, W.D.J., 1996ThripsNaturalists' Handbooks, 25, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesErica cinerea (Bell Heather)
GenusErica (bell heathers)
FamilyERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Erica cinerea (Bell Heather)

Erica cinerea (Bell Heather) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Erica cinerea (Bell Heather):

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