Salix purpurea L.
(Purple Willow)

Interactions where Salix purpurea 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 associate of			Tachyerges decoratus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tachyerges decoratus/	Tachyerges decoratus	a weevil					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow								is associated with
		is parasitised by			Erysiphe adunca var adunca	Willow and Poplar Mildew, Willow Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe adunca var. adunca/	Erysiphe adunca var. adunca	willow and poplar mildew, willow mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow								parasitises
bud and bud-peduncle (live)		live bud and bud-peduncle is galled by larva			Euura mucronata	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura mucronata/	Euura mucronata	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	bud and bud-peduncle					larva causes gall of live bud and bud-peduncle
leaf (midrib underside)		leaf (midrib underside) is galled by larva			Euura pedunculi	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura pedunculi/	Euura pedunculi	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow			leaf (midrib underside)					larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside)
leaf (midrib underside)		leaf (midrib underside) is galled by larva			Euura viminalis	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura viminalis/	Euura viminalis	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow			leaf (midrib underside)		Major			larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside)
leaf (upperside)		leaf (upperside) is galled by larva			Pontania dolichura	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura/	Pontania dolichura	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow			leaf (upperside)					larva causes gall of leaf (upperside)
leaf edge		leaf edge is rolled by larva			Euura purpureae	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura purpureae/	Euura purpureae	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / roller			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow			leaf edge		Sole			larva rolls leaf edge
leaf		leaf is galled by larva			Euura vesicator	a sawfly	Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura vesicator/	Euura vesicator	a sawfly				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow			leaf		Sole			larva causes gall of leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has sap sucked by colony			Chaitophorus niger	a hairy aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/	Chaitophorus niger	a hairy aphid				colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf					colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf has sap sucked by colony			Chaitophorus truncatus	a hairy aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus truncatus/	Chaitophorus truncatus	a hairy aphid				colony	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf					colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf may have female			Mycterothrips salicis	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Mycterothrips salicis/	Mycterothrips salicis	a thrips				female	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf		Major		(5-9,12)	female may be found on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf may have male			Mycterothrips salicis	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Mycterothrips salicis/	Mycterothrips salicis	a thrips				male	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf		Major		(8)	male may be found on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf may have larva			Mycterothrips salicis	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Mycterothrips salicis/	Mycterothrips salicis	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf		Major		(8)	larva may be found on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, greyish white, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph			Phacellium salicinum var salicinum	(A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete)	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium salicinum var. salicinum/	Phacellium salicinum var. salicinum	(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)		hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, greyish white, pale	synnema	Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf					hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, greyish white, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, dense, greyish white to light reddish caespituli of Ramularia anamorph			Ramularia rosea	an anamorphic fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rosea/	Ramularia rosea	an anamorphic fungus		hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, dense, greyish white to light reddish	caespituli	Ramularia anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf					hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, dense, greyish white to light reddish caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live 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 epitea	a rust fungus		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf					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 epitea	a rust fungus		mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		live	leaf					mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
twig (dead, often attached)		dead, often attached twig is decayed by loosely gregarious, erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph			Cytospora salicis	a stromatic coelomycete	Diaporthales: Valsaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora salicis/	Cytospora salicis	a stromatic coelomycete		loosely gregarious, erumpent	stroma	Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/	Salix purpurea	purple willow		dead, often attached	twig				(1-8)	loosely gregarious, erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often attached twig

Author & Year	Title	Source
Benson, R.B., 1958	Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
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
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
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

Salix purpurea (Purple 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:

Species	Salix purpurea (Purple Willow)
Genus	Salix (willows)
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 Salix purpurea (Purple Willow)

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

Salix
(willows)

SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

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)

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

Salix
(willows)

SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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)

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