Trentepohlia abietina (Flot. Hansg.
(a green alga)

Interactions where Trentepohlia abietina is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		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
colony		colony grows on bark			Alnus glutinosa	Alder	Fagales: Betulaceae	The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Trentepohlia abietina/	Trentepohlia abietina	a green alga				colony	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/	Alnus glutinosa	alder			bark
colony		colony grows on bark			Fagus sylvatica	Beech	Fagales: Fagaceae	The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Trentepohlia abietina/	Trentepohlia abietina	a green alga				colony	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Fagus sylvatica/	Fagus sylvatica	beech			bark
colony		colony grows on bark			Fraxinus excelsior	Ash	Lamiales: Oleaceae	The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Trentepohlia abietina/	Trentepohlia abietina	a green alga				colony	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Oleaceae/Fraxinus excelsior/	Fraxinus excelsior	ash			bark
colony		colony grows on bark			Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry	Rosales: Rosaceae	The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Trentepohlia abietina/	Trentepohlia abietina	a green alga				colony	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/	Prunus	plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry			bark
colony		colony grows on live bark			Acer pseudoplatanus	Sycamore, Great Maple	Sapindales: Sapindaceae	The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Trentepohlia abietina/	Trentepohlia abietina	a green alga				colony	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Sapindales/Sapindaceae/Acer pseudoplatanus/	Acer pseudoplatanus	sycamore, great maple		live	bark
colony		colony grows on bark			[Trees]	broadleaved and coniferous trees		The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles, John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002	/Plantae/Chlorophyta/Ulvophyceae/Trentepohliales/Trentepohliaceae/Trentepohlia abietina/	Trentepohlia abietina	a green alga				colony	Plant / epiphyte		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Trees/	Trees	broadleaved and coniferous trees			bark

Author & Year	Title	Source
John, D.M., Whitton, B.A. & Brook, A.J., 2002	The Freshwater Algal Flora of the British Isles	702pp, Cambridge University Press

Trentepohlia abietina (a green alga) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PLANTAE
(plants)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Trentepohlia abietina (a green alga)
Genus	Trentepohlia (a genus of green algae)
Family	TRENTEPOHLIACEAE (a family of green algae)
Order	TRENTEPOHLIALES (an order of green algae)
Class	ULVOPHYCEAE (a class of green algae)
Subphylum	CHLOROPHYTINA (a subphylum of algae)
Phylum	CHLOROPHYTA (green algae)
Subkingdom	VIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Trentepohlia abietina is also a member of:
Seaweeds - differentiated, multicellular, marine algae (via Ulvophyceae)
Macrophytes - multi-cellular plants (via Seaweeds)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Seaweeds)
Chlorophyta/Xanthophyta - filamentous alga sp (via Chlorophyta)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Trentepohlia abietina (a green alga)

Trentepohlia abietina (a green alga) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ULVOPHYCEAE
(a class of green algae)

CHLOROPHYTA
(green algae)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Trentepohlia abietina (a green alga):

ULVOPHYCEAE
(a class of green algae)

CHLOROPHYTA
(green algae)

VIRIDIPLANTAE
(lower green plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Seaweeds
(differentiated, multicellular, marine algae)

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