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Lysimachia vulgaris L. (Yellow Loosestrife)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Lysimachia vulgaris In flower 16 August 2005 North Hampshire England 14

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Sanderson, N., 2006 (Colour photograph) Restoration of Transition Mires in the New Forest

Lysimachia vulgaris may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lysimachia vulgaris:

is grazed by larva Tapinotus sellatus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph Septoria lysimachiae - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is grazed by imago Galerucella grisescens - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Galerucella grisescens - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Restricted Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Monostegia abdominalis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
Photos pollen pollen is collected to provision nest of female Macropis europaea - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Melittidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Phragmocephala dematiaceous anamorph Phragmocephala elliptica - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Lysimachia vulgaris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Lysimachia
(yellow loosestrifes)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates

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