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Equisetum (horsetails)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos #microphotos #refs #webs
Species Equisetum arvense L. (Field Horsetail) 7 6     9
Species Equisetum fluviatile L. (Water Horsetail) 1       15
Species Equisetum hyemale L. (Rough Horsetail)         3
Species Equisetum palustre L. (Marsh Horsetail) 1 4   1 9
Species Equisetum sylvaticum L. (Wood Horsetail) 13        
Species Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. (Great Horsetail) 16 9 13    

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Privately published

Equisetum may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Equisetum:

is foodplant of larva Hippuriphila modeeri - Horsetail Flea Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos is foodplant of larva Grypus equiseti - Horsetail Weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992 [Only E. arvense & palustre, fide Morris]
frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus aericeps - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus bimaculatus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus germanicus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus gessneri - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
Photos frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus pratensis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus yukonensis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Loderus eversmanni - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Loderus gilvipes - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Loderus pratorum - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
frond frond is grazed by larva Loderus vestigialis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by superficial, scattered on in small groups, thinly subiculate perithecium Hydropisphaera arenula - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Bionectriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by fruitbody Flagelloscypha kavinae - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by Cryptococcus aquaticus - a basidiomycete yeast (Filobasidiales: Filobasidiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos stem (large) (dead) dead stem (large) is decayed by fruitbody Lachnella alboviolascens - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

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
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota

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