Castanea dentata
(American Sweet Chestnut)

Interactions where Castanea dentata 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
branch		branch may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic perithecium			Cryphonectria parasitica	Chestnut Blight - causative organism	Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			branch		Minor			embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages branch
branch		branch may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph			Cryphonectria parasitica	Chestnut Blight - causative organism	Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			branch		Minor			embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages branch
trunk		trunk may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic perithecium			Cryphonectria parasitica	Chestnut Blight - causative organism	Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		perithecium	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			trunk		Minor			embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages trunk
trunk		trunk may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph			Cryphonectria parasitica	Chestnut Blight - causative organism	Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/	Cryphonectria parasitica	chestnut blight (causative organism)		embedded, stromatic		cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/	Castanea dentata	american sweet chestnut			trunk		Minor			embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages trunk

Author & Year	Title	Source
Forestry Commission	Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)	www.forestry.gov.uk/chestnutblight
Anon, 2012	Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)

Castanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Castanea
(sweet chestnuts)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

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

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

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Castanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut)
Genus	Castanea (sweet chestnuts)
Family	FAGACEAE (forest trees)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Castanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

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 Castanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut):

FAGACEAE
(forest trees)

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

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