Vicia sepium L.
(Bush Vetch)

Interactions where Vicia sepium 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 larva			Sitona ambiguus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona ambiguus/	Sitona ambiguus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch					Major			larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Sitona suturalis	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae), Morris, M.G., 1997	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Sitona suturalis/	Sitona suturalis	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch					Major			larva feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Eutrichapion vorax	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion vorax/	Eutrichapion vorax	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch					Major			larva feeds on
		is parasitised by			Erysiphe pisi var pisi	a powdery mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe pisi var. pisi/	Erysiphe pisi var. pisi	a powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch								parasitises
(live)		live is parasitised by pycnium			Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae	Broad Bean Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/	Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae	broad bean rust				pycnium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch		live						pycnium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by telium			Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae	Broad Bean Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/	Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae	broad bean rust				telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch		live						telium parasitises live
leaf		leaf is mined by solitary larva			Agromyza felleri	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza felleri/	Agromyza felleri	a leaf-mining fly		solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch			leaf		Sole			solitary larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is galled by			Megoura viciae	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Megoura viciae/	Megoura viciae	an aphid					Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch			leaf					causes gall of leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium			Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae	Broad Bean Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/	Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae	broad bean rust		amphigenous		uredium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch		live	leaf					amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous aecium			Uromyces viciae-fabae var viciae-fabae	Broad Bean Rust	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 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/Pucciniaceae/Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae/	Uromyces viciae-fabae var. viciae-fabae	broad bean rust		mostly hypophyllous		aecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch		live	leaf					mostly hypophyllous aecium parasitises live leaf
leaf (mined)		mined leaf is mined by larva			Agromyza viciae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Agromyza viciae Kaltenbach, 1872 new for the British Isles and Norway with the first description of the male and a literature review, Gibbs, D. & Tschirnhaus, M. von, 2005	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza viciae/	Agromyza viciae	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch		mined	leaf					larva mines mined leaf
leaflet (yellowed)		yellowed leaflet is parasitised by hypophyllous sporangium			Peronospora viciae s. lat.	Pea Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora viciae s. lat./	Peronospora viciae s. lat.	pea downy mildew		hypophyllous		sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch		yellowed	leaflet		Major			hypophyllous sporangium parasitises yellowed leaflet
pod (on unripe seeds)		pod (on unripe seeds) may contain larva			Oxystoma pomonae	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Oxystoma pomonae/	Oxystoma pomonae	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch			pod (on unripe seeds)		Major			larva feeds within pod (on unripe seeds)
pod		pod may contain larva			Eutrichapion punctiger	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Eutrichapion punctiger/	Eutrichapion punctiger	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch			pod		Major			larva feeds within pod
stem		stem is galled by larva			Holotrichapion aethiops	a seed weevil	Coleoptera: Apionidae	Orthocerous Weevils, Morris, M.G., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Apionidae/Holotrichapion aethiops/	Holotrichapion aethiops	a seed weevil				larva	Foodplant / gall			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch			stem		Major			larva causes gall of stem
stem (live)		live stem is parasitised by sporangium			Peronospora viciae s. lat.	Pea Downy Mildew	Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles, Preece, T.F., 2002	/Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Peronospora viciae s. lat./	Peronospora viciae s. lat.	pea downy mildew				sporangium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sepium/	Vicia sepium	bush vetch		live	stem		Major			sporangium parasitises live stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Gibbs, D. & Tschirnhaus, M. von, 2005	Agromyza viciae Kaltenbach, 1872 new for the British Isles and Norway with the first description of the male and a literature review	Studia Dipterologica Vol 12 (2): 429-441.
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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., 1990	Orthocerous Weevils	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5 Part 16, 108pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Morris, M.G., 1997	Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17a, 106pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Preece, T.F., 2002	A Checklist of the Downy Mildews (Peronosporaceae) of the British Isles	33pp, British Mycological Society
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986	Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls	95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vicia
(vetches)

FABOIDEAE
(vetches, peas and beans)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch)
Genus	Vicia (vetches)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Vicia sepium is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Faboideae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch)

Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Vicia
(vetches)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vicia sepium (Bush Vetch):

Vicia
(vetches)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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