Puccinellia maritima (Huds.) Parl.
(Common Saltmarsh-grass)

Interactions where Puccinellia maritima 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').

Filters:

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
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed perithecium			Micronectriella agropyri	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Micronectriella agropyri/	Micronectriella agropyri	an ascomycete		immersed		perithecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/	Puccinellia maritima	common saltmarsh-grass		dead	leaf					immersed perithecium is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live, blistered)		live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus			Ustilago striiformis	Stripe Smut Of Grasses	Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago striiformis/	Ustilago striiformis	stripe smut of grasses		long, linear, erumpent		sorus	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/	Puccinellia maritima	common saltmarsh-grass		live, blistered	leaf					long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium			Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/	Puccinellia maritima	common saltmarsh-grass		live	leaf					hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous uredium			Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus		epiphyllous		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Puccinellia maritima/	Puccinellia maritima	common saltmarsh-grass		live	leaf					epiphyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinellia
(saltmarsh-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass)
Genus	Puccinellia (saltmarsh-grasses)
Tribe	Poeae (a tribe of grasses)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass)

Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Puccinellia
(saltmarsh-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Puccinellia maritima (Common Saltmarsh-grass):

Puccinellia
(saltmarsh-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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