BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Salix fragilis L. (Crack Willow)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Salix fragilis Plant 17 August 2002 N. Wilts England 2 4
Salix fragilis In flower 8 April 2002 N. Wilts England 3 5
Salix fragilis Plant 8 April 2002 N. Wilts England 5 4

Suggested Literature

Salix fragilis may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)
Salix
(willows)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Salix fragilis:

is foodplant of Dorytomus hirtipennis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
is parasitised by Uncinula adunca var. adunca - Willow And Poplar Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is associate of Euphranta toxoneura - a gall fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) UK/Ireland White, I.M., 1988
bark (dead) dead bark is decayed by fruitbody Coronicium alboglaucum - a basidomycete fungus (Polyporales: Hyphodermataceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by pycnidium of Topospora coelomycetous anamorph Godronia fuliginosa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (dead) dead branch is decayed by erumpent stroma Godronia fuliginosa - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch (thin) (live) live branch (thin) is decayed by stroma Cryptomyces maximus - Willow Blister (Rhytismatales: Rhytismataceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
branch branch is parasitised by haustoria Viscum album - Mistletoe (Viscaceae) UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
bud and bud-peduncle bud and bud-peduncle is galled by larva Euura mucronata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Venturia chlorospora - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Venturiaceae) UK/Ireland Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (fallen, dead) fallen, dead leaf is decayed by amphigenous, erumpent apothecium Drepanopeziza salicis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by acervulus of Monostichella coelomycetous anamorph Drepanopeziza salicis - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly epiphyllous telium Melampsora allii-fragilis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous uredium Melampsora allii-fragilis - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [corresponding reddish-yellow spots on upper surface]
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous telium Melampsora epitea - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Melampsora epitea - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (midrib underside) leaf (midrib underside) is galled by larva Pontania viminalis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Minor Benson, R.B., 1958 [flushed red, glabrous, warty, oval or pea-shaped gall, c. 5-8mm diam, attached to mid-vein on underside of leaf]
leaf (midrib) leaf (midrib) is galled by larva Euura testaceipes - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf edge leaf edge is rolled by larva Phyllocolpa puella - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is galled by larva Pontania proxima - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958 [bright rose-pink above, pink or yellowish-green below, covered with irregular ridges and protuberances, coffee-bean shaped gall, deeper than broad, transected by leaf blade, projecting about equally above and below the leaf]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus histrio - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Amauronematus taeniatus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Nematus salicis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Pristiphora confusa - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1958
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by Diplodina coelomycetous anamorph Cryptodiaporthe salicella - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig (dead) dead twig is decayed by immersed, with separately erumpent ostioles perithecium Cryptodiaporthe salicella - a valsoid pyrenomycete (Diaporthales: Valsaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig twig is parasitised by pycnidium of Camarosprium coelomycetous anamorph Camarosporium salicinum - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
twig twig is parasitised by becoming superficial pycnidium of Pleurophoma coelomycetous anamorph Pleurophoma pleurospora - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Coronicium alboglaucum - a basidomycete fungus (Polyporales: Hyphodermataceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Salix fragilis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Salix
(willows)

References

Benson, R.B., 1958 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)
Briggs, J., 1995 Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
White, I.M., 1988 Tephritid Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae)