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Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roemer & Schultes (Common Spike-rush)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos
Subspecies Eleocharis palustris ssp. palustris Walters (a common spike-rush) 5  
Subspecies Eleocharis palustris ssp. vulgaris Walters (a common spike-rush) 4 19

Suggested Literature

Eleocharis palustris may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Eleocharis palustris:

(dead) dead is decayed by apothecium Niptera pulla - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
(dead) dead is decayed by apothecium Psilachnum lateritioalbum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
inflorescence inflorescence may be infected and damaged by protruding stroma Claviceps nigricans - an ascomycete (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by scattered, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora heleocharidis - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf leaf is foodplant of adult Donacia thalassina - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Dolerus anticus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
scale leaf (inner side) (underwater) underwater scale leaf (inner side) may have egg Donacia thalassina - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Pleospora palustris - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora heleocharidis - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by sessile apothecium Nimbomollisia eriophori - a discomycete (Helotiales: Dermateaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, locally faintly bleached) dead, locally faintly bleached stem is decayed by stalked apothecium Rutstroemia plana - a discomycete (Helotiales: Rutstroemiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [on faintly bleached areas surrounded by rather indistinct black lines]
stem (dead, mostly submerged) dead, mostly submerged stem is decayed by superficial perithecium Loramyces juncicola - an ascomycete (Helotiales: Loramycetaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, standing) dead, standing stem is decayed by colony of Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Macrospora scirpicola - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, standing) dead, standing stem is decayed by immersed pseudothecium Macrospora scirpicola - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (flowering) stem (flowering) is spotted by colony of Pseudocercosporella anamorph Pseudocercosporella scirpi - a leaf-spot fungus (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes irregular, greyish-brown spots with yellow haloes]
stem (lower part) stem (lower part) may contain larva Thryogenes nereis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Erirhinidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
stem (previous year's dead) previous year's dead stem is decayed by apothecial sclerotium Myriosclerotinia scirpicola - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (previous year's dead) previous year's dead stem is decayed by stalked, sclerotial apothecium Myriosclerotinia scirpicola - a discomycete (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Eleocharis palustris may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)
CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
Eleocharis
(spike-rushes)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae

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