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			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 tremulae	a catkin weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar	?							feeds on
		is associate of			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) bilineatus	a plantbug or grassbug					Plant / associate		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar					Minor			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 rotermundi	a plantbug or grassbug					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar								is associated with
		is associate of fruitbody			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 vaccinum	willow poisonpie				fruitbody	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey 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 populeti	a hairy aphid		ant-attended		colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar			branch (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 subspinosa	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar			leaf	sapling			(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 albus	a hairy aphid		hypophyllous		colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	leaf					hypophyllous colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered telium			[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 populnea	poplar rusts, dog's mercury rust, larch rust,pine twisting rust		hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	leaf		Minor			hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium			[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 populnea	poplar rusts, dog's mercury rust, larch rust,pine twisting rust		hypophyllous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	leaf		Minor			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 conformata	a discomycete		long stalked		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		skeletonised	leaf				(5-6)	long stalked apothecium is saprobic on skeletonised leaf
root (live)		live root is ectomycorrhizal host of fruitbody			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 silwoodensis	poplar bolete				fruitbody	Foodplant / mycorrhiza / ectomycorrhiza	Relationship uncertain	UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	root					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 populeti	a hairy aphid		ant-attended		colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar			shoot (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 ulmarius	elm butt rot (causative organism), giant elm bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		dead, white-rotted	stump (large)					fruitbody is saprobic on dead, white-rotted stump (large)
trunk (base) (live)		live trunk (base) is parasitised by fruitbody			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 fraxinea	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	trunk (base)		Minor			fruitbody parasitises live trunk (base)
trunk (base) (live)		live trunk (base) is decayed by fruitbody			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 fraxinea	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	trunk (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 ulmarius	elm butt rot (causative organism), giant elm bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	trunk (large)					fruitbody infects and damages live trunk (large)
trunk (live)		live trunk is parasitised by fruitbody			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 populicola	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		live	trunk		Major			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			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 putator	a valsoid pyrenomycete		scattered to gregarious, erumpent through small slits in bark	pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar		dead, attached	twig				(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			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 lundellii	birch bristle bracket				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens/	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens	grey poplar	?	dead, decayed	wood					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
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
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
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks 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., 2011	Fungi associated with Poplars	Field Mycology vol 12 (2): 56-67.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae	Handbooks 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., 2007	Xerocomus silwoodensis sp. nov., a new species within the European X. subtomentosus complex	Mycol. 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:

Populus
(poplars)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

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)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species hybrid	Populus alba x tremula = P. x canescens (grey poplar)
Genus	Populus (poplars)
Family	SALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
Order	MALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
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 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:

SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

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

SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

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)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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

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