Abies grandis (Douglas ex D. Don) Lindl.
(Giant Fir)

Interactions where Abies grandis 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
bark (dead, decayed)		dead, decayed bark is decayed by fruitbody			Exidiopsis grisea	a jelly fungus	Auriculariales: Auriculariaceae	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/Auriculariales/Auriculariaceae/Exidiopsis grisea/	Exidiopsis grisea	a jelly fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		dead, decayed	bark		Major			fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed bark
branch (live, sometimes swollen)		live, sometimes swollen branch is swollen by			Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid	Hemiptera: Adelgidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/	Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / false gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		live, sometimes swollen	branch					causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen branch
needle		needle is parasitised by pycnium			Milesina kriegeriana	a fern rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina kriegeriana/	Milesina kriegeriana	a fern rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir			needle					pycnium parasitises needle
needle		needle is parasitised by pycnium			Pucciniastrum epilobii	Willowherb Rust, Fuchsia Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum epilobii/	Pucciniastrum epilobii	willowherb rust, fuchsia rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir			needle					pycnium parasitises needle
needle		needle is parasitised by hypophyllous, in two rows aecium			Pucciniastrum epilobii	Willowherb Rust, Fuchsia Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	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/Pucciniastraceae/Pucciniastrum epilobii/	Pucciniastrum epilobii	willowherb rust, fuchsia rust		hypophyllous, in two rows		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir			needle				(6-7)	hypophyllous, in two rows aecium parasitises needle
needle (dead, rotting, fallen)		dead, rotting, fallen needle is decayed by effuse colony of Thysanophora dematiaceous anamorph			Thysanophora penicillioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Eurotiales: Trichocomaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Eurotiales/Trichocomaceae/Thysanophora penicillioides/	Thysanophora penicillioides	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		effuse	colony	Thysanophora dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		dead, rotting, fallen	needle					effuse colony of Thysanophora dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead, rotting, fallen needle
needle (live)		live needle is parasitised by densely gregarious, linearly arranged, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph			Rhizosphaera pini	a coelomycete	Venturiales: Venturiaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Venturiales/Venturiaceae/Rhizosphaera pini/	Rhizosphaera pini	a coelomycete		densely gregarious, linearly arranged, hypophyllous	pycnidium	Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		live	needle				(2)	densely gregarious, linearly arranged, hypophyllous pycnidium of Rhizosphaera coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live needle
needle (locally yellowed)		locally yellowed needle is parasitised by hypophyllous, two irregular rows aecium			Milesina kriegeriana	a fern rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniastraceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniastraceae/Milesina kriegeriana/	Milesina kriegeriana	a fern rust		hypophyllous, two irregular rows		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		locally yellowed	needle				(6-9)	hypophyllous, two irregular rows aecium parasitises locally yellowed needle
shoot (live, distorted)		live, distorted shoot has sap sucked by			Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid	Hemiptera: Adelgidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/	Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		live, distorted	shoot					sucks sap of live, distorted shoot
stem (woody) (live, sometimes swollen)		live, sometimes swollen stem (woody) is swollen by			Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid	Hemiptera: Adelgidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/	Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / false gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		live, sometimes swollen	stem (woody)					causes swelling of live, sometimes swollen stem (woody)
stem (live, distorted)		live, distorted stem has sap sucked by			Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid	Hemiptera: Adelgidae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Dreyfusia piceae/	Dreyfusia piceae	a silver fir adelgid					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		live, distorted	stem					sucks sap of live, distorted stem
wood (dead, decayed)		dead, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody			Exidiopsis grisea	a jelly fungus	Auriculariales: Auriculariaceae	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/Auriculariales/Auriculariaceae/Exidiopsis grisea/	Exidiopsis grisea	a jelly fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies grandis/	Abies grandis	giant fir		dead, decayed	wood		Major			fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
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

Abies grandis (Giant Fir) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Abies
(firs)

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Introduced conifers
(conifers grown in Britain, but not native)

Evergreen trees and shrubs
(evergreens)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Abies grandis (Giant Fir)
Genus	Abies (firs)
Family	PINACEAE (pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
Order	PINALES (conifers)
Class	PINOPSIDA (conifers)
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 Abies grandis (Giant Fir)

Abies grandis (Giant Fir) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Abies grandis (Giant Fir):

PINACEAE
(pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

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