Salix arbuscula L.
(Mountain Willow)

Interactions where Salix arbuscula 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
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Melampsora epitea var reticulatae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulatae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulataea rust fungusuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix arbuscula/Salix arbusculamountain willowlive uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Melampsora epitea var reticulatae a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae 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/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulatae/Melampsora epitea var. reticulataea rust fungustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix arbuscula/Salix arbusculamountain willowlive telium parasitises live
leaf (upperside) leaf (upperside) is galled by larva UK/IrelandMinor Pontania dolichura a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/Pontania dolichuraa sawflylarva Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix arbuscula/Salix arbusculamountain willowleaf (upperside)Minor larva causes gall of leaf (upperside)
leaf leaf is galled by larva Questionable Euura viminalis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura viminalis/Euura viminalisa sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix arbuscula/Salix arbusculamountain willow?leaf larva causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix arbuscula/Salix arbusculamountain willowliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusmostly hypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix arbuscula/Salix arbusculamountain willowliveleaf mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Salix arbuscula (Mountain Willow) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Salix
(willows)
EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
PLANTAE
(plants)
Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)
Trees with bark of middle pH
(neutral-barked species, mesic-barked species)
Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)
Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)
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)
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSalix arbuscula (Mountain Willow)
GenusSalix (willows)
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 Salix arbuscula (Mountain Willow)

Salix arbuscula (Mountain Willow) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Salix arbuscula (Mountain Willow):

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