Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens (Aiton) Sm.
(grey poplar)

Interactions where Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens 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
is foodplant of UK/IrelandQuestionable Dorytomus tremulae a catkin weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus tremulae/Dorytomus tremulaea catkin weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplar? feeds on
is associate of UK/IrelandMinor Orthotylus bilineatus a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Pseudorthotylus) bilineatus/Orthotylus (Pseudorthotylus) bilineatusa plantbug or grassbug Plant / associateUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarMinor is associated with
is associate of Sthenarus rotermundi a plantbug or grassbug Hemiptera: Miridae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Sthenarus rotermundi/Sthenarus rotermundia plantbug or grassbug Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplar is associated with
is associate of fruitbody Questionable Hebeloma vaccinum Willow Poisonpie Agaricales: Cortinariaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Cortinariaceae/Hebeloma vaccinum/Hebeloma vaccinumwillow poisonpiefruitbody Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplar? fruitbody is associated with
branch (young) branch (young) has sap sucked by ant-attended colony Chaitophorus populeti a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus populeti/Chaitophorus populetia hairy aphidant-attendedcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarbranch (young) ant-attended colony sucks sap of branch (young)
leaf leaf of sapling is grazed by adult Zeugophora subspinosa a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Megalopodidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Megalopodidae/Zeugophora subspinosa/Zeugophora subspinosaa leaf beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarleafsapling (mid 8-9,5-12)adult grazes on leaf of sapling
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by hypophyllous colony Chaitophorus albus a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus albus/Chaitophorus albusa hairy aphidhypophyllouscolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarliveleaf hypophyllous colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered telium Minor [Melampsora populnea] poplar rusts, dog’s mercury rust, larch rust,pine twisting rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora populnea/Melampsora populneapoplar rusts, dog's mercury rust, larch rust,pine twisting rusthypophyllous, subepidermal, scatteredtelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarliveleafMinor hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Minor [Melampsora populnea] poplar rusts, dog’s mercury rust, larch rust,pine twisting rust Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora populnea/Melampsora populneapoplar rusts, dog's mercury rust, larch rust,pine twisting rusthypophyllousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarliveleafMinor hypophyllous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (skeletonised) skeletonised leaf is decayed by long stalked apothecium Rutstroemia conformata a discomycete Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Rutstroemiaceae/Rutstroemia conformata/Rutstroemia conformataa discomycetelong stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarskeletonisedleaf (5-6)long stalked apothecium is saprobic on skeletonised leaf
root (live) live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody UK/IrelandQuestionable Xerocomus silwoodensis Poplar Bolete Boletales: Boletaceae Xerocomus silwoodensis sp. nov., a new species within the European X. subtomentosus complex, Taylor, A.F.S., Hills, A.E., Simonini, G., Munoz, J.A., & Eberhardt, U., 2007
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Boletales/Boletaceae/Xerocomus silwoodensis/Xerocomus silwoodensispoplar boletefruitbody Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhizaRelationship uncertainUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarliveroot fruitbody is ectomycorrhizal with live root
shoot (young) shoot (young) has sap sucked by ant-attended colony Chaitophorus populeti a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus populeti/Chaitophorus populetia hairy aphidant-attendedcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarshoot (young) ant-attended colony sucks sap of shoot (young)
stump (large) (dead, white-rotted) dead, white-rotted stump (large) is decayed by fruitbody Rigidoporus ulmarius Elm Butt Rot - causative organism, Giant Elm Bracket Polyporales: Meripilaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Rigidoporus ulmarius/Rigidoporus ulmariuselm butt rot (causative organism), giant elm bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplardead, white-rottedstump (large) fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted stump (large)
trunk (base) (live) live trunk (base) is parasitised by fruitbody Minor Vanderbylia fraxinea a bracket fungus Polyporales: Polyporaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarlivetrunk (base)Minor fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base)
trunk (base) (live) live trunk (base) is decayed by fruitbody Minor Vanderbylia fraxinea a bracket fungus Polyporales: Polyporaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Polyporaceae/Vanderbylia fraxinea/Vanderbylia fraxineaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarlivetrunk (base)Minor fruitbody is saprobic on live trunk (base)
trunk (large) (live) live trunk (large) may be infected and damaged by fruitbody Rigidoporus ulmarius Elm Butt Rot - causative organism, Giant Elm Bracket Polyporales: Meripilaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Polyporales/Meripilaceae/Rigidoporus ulmarius/Rigidoporus ulmariuselm butt rot (causative organism), giant elm bracketfruitbody Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarlivetrunk (large) fruitbody infects and damages live trunk (large)
trunk (live) live trunk is parasitised by fruitbody Major Phellinus populicola a bracket fungus Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae Fungi associated with Poplars, Robinson, K., Burnham, A., Kibby, G. & Ainsworth, M., 2011
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Phellinus populicola/Phellinus populicolaa bracket fungusfruitbody Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplarlivetrunkMajor fruitbody parasitises live trunk
twig (dead, attached) dead, attached twig is decayed by scattered to gregarious, erumpent through small slits in bark pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Diaporthe putator a valsoid pyrenomycete Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Diaporthe putator/Diaporthe putatora valsoid pyrenomycetescattered to gregarious, erumpent through small slits in barkpycnidiumPhomopsis coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplardead, attachedtwig (6)scattered to gregarious, erumpent through small slits in bark pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, attached twig
wood (dead, decayed) dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Questionable Phellinus lundellii Birch Bristle Bracket Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Phellinus lundellii/Phellinus lundelliibirch bristle bracketfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescensgrey poplar?dead, decayedwood fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Robinson, K., Burnham, A., Kibby, G. & Ainsworth, M., 2011Fungi associated with PoplarsField Mycology vol 12 (2): 56-67.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & CallaphididaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taylor, A.F.S., Hills, A.E., Simonini, G., Munoz, J.A., & Eberhardt, U., 2007Xerocomus silwoodensis sp. nov., a new species within the European X. subtomentosus complexMycol. Res. Vol 111 (4): 403-408.

Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens (grey poplar) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species hybridPopulus alba x tremula = P. x canescens (grey poplar)
GenusPopulus (poplars)
FamilySALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
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 Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens (grey poplar)

Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens (grey poplar) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens (grey poplar):

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