Blechnum L.
(hard-ferns)

Interactions where Blechnum 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
stem stem may contain larva Major Heptamelus ochroleucus Pale Shorthorn Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Heptamelus ochroleucus/Heptamelus ochroleucuspale shorthornlarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Blechnaceae/Blechnum/Blechnumhard-fernsstemMajor larva feeds within stem

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

Blechnum (hard-ferns) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 7 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusBlechnum (hard-ferns)
FamilyBLECHNACEAE (hard 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 Blechnum (hard-ferns)

Blechnum (hard-ferns) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Blechnum (hard-ferns):

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