BIOTA
(living things)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

PLANTAE
(plants)

SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

SALICACEAE
(poplars and willows)

Populus
(poplars)

Populus trichocarpa
(Western Balsam-poplar)

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Populus trichocarpa Torrey & A.Gray ex Hook. (Western Balsam-poplar)

Suggested Literature

Populus trichocarpa 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)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Populus trichocarpa:

		is parasitised by	Uncinula adunca var. adunca - Willow And Poplar Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae)		Ing, B., 1990
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium	Melampsora allii-populina - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae)		Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 Henderson, D.M., 2004 Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous, subepidermal, grouped, confluent telium	Melampsora laricis-populina - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae)		Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 Henderson, D.M., 2004 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous uredium	Melampsora allii-populina - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae)		Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 [on yellowish spots] Henderson, D.M., 2004 Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
	leaf (live)	live leaf is spotted by mostly hypophyllous, in small groups, rarely epiphyllous and singular uredium	Melampsora laricis-populina - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae)		Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 Henderson, D.M., 2004 Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causing angular yellow spots on upper surface]
	leaf, sapling	leaf of sapling is grazed by adult	Zeugophora subspinosa - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae)		Cox, M.L., 2007 [perforates and skeletonises the leaf]

Populus trichocarpa may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Populus
(poplars)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Henderson, D.M., 2004	The Rust Fungi of the British Isles: A Guide to Identification by their Host Plants
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
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966	British Rust Fungi

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