Populus nigra s.l. L.
(black poplars)

Interactions where Populus nigra s.l. 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
catkin catkin may contain larva Dorytomus filirostris 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 filirostris/Dorytomus filirostrisa catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra s.l./Populus nigra s.l.black poplarscatkin larva feeds within catkin
catkin catkin may contain larva UK/IrelandRestricted Dorytomus ictor 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 ictor/Dorytomus ictora catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra s.l./Populus nigra s.l.black poplarscatkinSole larva feeds within catkin
catkin catkin may contain larva UK/Ireland Dorytomus longimanus Common Poplar Catkin Weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Dorytomus longimanus/Dorytomus longimanuscommon poplar catkin weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra s.l./Populus nigra s.l.black poplarscatkin larva feeds within catkin
catkin catkin is visited for nectar and/or pollen by adult Egle concomitans Poplar Catkin Fly Diptera: Anthomyiidae Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas, Michelsen, V., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyiidae/Egle concomitans/Egle concomitanspoplar catkin flyadult Foodplant / visitor /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra s.l./Populus nigra s.l.black poplarscatkin adult visits for nectar and/or pollen catkin
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph Drepanopeziza punctiformis a discomycete Helotiales: Dermateaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Dermateaceae/Drepanopeziza punctiformis/Drepanopeziza punctiformisa discomyceteacervulusMarssonina coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra s.l./Populus nigra s.l.black poplarsliveleaf (7-9)acervulus of Marssonina coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Michelsen, V., 2009Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areasZootaxa No. 2043: 1-76.
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Populus nigra s.l. (black poplars) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species aggregatePopulus nigra s.l. (black poplars)
GenusPopulus (poplars)
FamilySALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Populus nigra s.l. (black poplars)

Populus nigra s.l. (black poplars) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Populus nigra s.l. (black poplars):

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