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Viscum album L. (Mistletoe)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Viscum album In fruit 21 October 2004 West Gloucestershire England 13
Viscum album 22 September 2004 West Gloucestershire England 1
Viscum album 22 September 2004 West Gloucestershire England 8
Viscum album Plant 29 May 2004 West Gloucestershire England 6
Viscum album Plant 29 April 2001 Dorset England 2
Viscum album Plant 13 February 2000 Oxon England 4
Viscum album Plant 13 February 2000 Oxon England 1
Viscum album Plant 27 March 1976 Surrey England 2
Viscum album Plant 11 April 1970 Surrey England 1

Suggested Literature

General Works

Briggs, J., 1995 Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey

Viscum album 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

Viscum album is associated with:

Photos haustorium Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae) haustorium causes gall of branch UK/Ireland Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
haustorium Malus - apples (Rosaceae) haustorium causes gall of branch UK/Ireland Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
Photos haustorium Populus - poplars (Salicaceae) haustorium causes gall of branch UK/Ireland Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
Photos haustorium Tilia - limes (Tiliaceae) haustorium causes gall of branch UK/Ireland Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002
Photos haustorium Acer campestre - Field Maple (Aceraceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Acer pseudoplatanus - Sycamore, Great Maple (Aceraceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
haustorium Robinia pseudoacacia - False Acacia, Locust Tree (Fabaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak (Fagaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Aesculus hippocastanum - Horse Chestnut (Hippocastanaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Fraxinus excelsior - Ash (Oleaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Crataegus - hawthorns (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Major Stace, C., 1997
Photos haustorium Crataegus monogyna - Hawthorn (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Major Briggs, J., 1995
haustorium Malus domestica - Apple (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Major Briggs, J., 1995
haustorium Malus sylvestris sens.str. - Crab Apple (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Prunus domestica - Wild Plum (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
haustorium Pyrus communis sens. lat. - pear (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
haustorium Sorbus aria agg. - whitebeam (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Minor Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Sorbus aucuparia - Rowan, Mountain Ash (Rosaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Populus - poplars (Salicaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Major Stace, C., 1997
haustorium Populus x canadensis (P. deltoides x nigra) - Hybrid Black Poplar (Salicaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Salix fragilis - Crack Willow (Salicaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Tilia - limes (Tiliaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Major Stace, C., 1997
Photos haustorium Tilia cordata x platyphyllos (T. x vulgaris) - Lime (Tiliaceae) haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch UK/Ireland Major Briggs, J., 1995
Photos haustorium Broadleaved trees - Broadleaved, Frondose Or Deciduous Trees haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Stace, C., 1997
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Photos haustorium Pinopsida - conifers haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Rare Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985
Photos haustorium Evergreen trees and shrubs - Evergreens haustorium is hemiparasitic on branch Minor Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985

Associated with Viscum album:

has sap sucked by Anthocoris visci - a flower bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) Questionable Briggs, J., 1995 [May be a predator rather than Mistletoe-feeder]
has sap sucked by Hypseloecus visci - a mistletoe bug (Hemiptera: Miridae) Restricted Gibbs, D. & Nau, B., 2005
has sap sucked by Orthops viscicola - a plantbug or grassbug (Hemiptera: Miridae) Briggs, J., 1995 [May be a predator rather than Mistletoe-feeder]
has sap sucked by Psylla visci - a jumping plantlouse (Homoptera: Psyllidae) Briggs, J., 1995
is pollenated or fertilised by adult Eudasyphora cyanella - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Briggs, J., 1995
berry berry is foodplant of adult Sylvia atricapilla - Blackcap (Passeriformes: Sylviidae) UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
berry berry is foodplant of adult Turdus viscivorus - Mistle Thrush (Passeriformes) UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995
leaf leaf is mined by larva Celypha woodiana - Mistletoe Marble (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) UK/Ireland Briggs, J., 1995

Viscum album may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Briggs, J., 1995 Mistletoe - distribution, biology and the National Survey
Clapham, A.R., Tutin, T.G. & Moore, D.M., 1985 Flora of the British Isles
Gibbs, D. & Nau, B., 2005 Hypseloecus visci (Purton) (Hemiptera: Miridae) a mistletoe bug new to Britain
Redfern, M. & Shirley, P., 2002 British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi
Stace, C., 1997 New Flora of the British Isles (Ed 2)

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