Onoclea sensibilis L.
(Sensitive Fern)

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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
frond frond is grazed by larva Major Stromboceros delicatulus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Stromboceros delicatulus/Stromboceros delicatulusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Onocleaceae/Onoclea sensibilis/Onoclea sensibilissensitive fernfrondMajor larva grazes on frond

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOnoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern)
FamilyONOCLEACEAE (ostrich and sensitive ferns)
OrderPOLYPODIALES (an order of ferns)
ClassPOLYPODIOPSIDA (a class of ferns)
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern)

Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Onoclea sensibilis (Sensitive Fern):

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