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Salix purpurea L. (Purple Willow)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Salix purpurea Tree 2 August 2005 North Wiltshire England 5
Salix purpurea Tree 2 August 2005 North Wiltshire England 16

Suggested Literature

Salix purpurea 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 purpurea:

is parasitised by Uncinula adunca var. adunca - Willow And Poplar Mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is associate of Rhynchaenus decoratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
bud and bud-peduncle (live) live bud and bud-peduncle is galled by larva Euura mucronata - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Melampsora epitea - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora epitea - a rust fungus (Uredinales: Melampsoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (midrib underside) leaf (midrib underside) is galled by larva Pontania harrisoni - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1958
leaf (midrib underside) leaf (midrib underside) is galled by larva Pontania viminalis - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major 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 (upperside) leaf (upperside) is galled by larva Pontania dolichura - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Foreign Benson, R.B., 1958 [dark purple or red above, green below, sausage-shaped galls, 2-3/5-13mm, often paired either side of the midrib, project only from upper surface]
leaf edge leaf edge is rolled by larva Phyllocolpa purpureae - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958 [in mature larva, leaf is rolled and twisted throughout its length]
leaf leaf is galled by larva Pontania vesicator - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1958 [large, often reddish bean-shaped gall transected by leaf-blade]

Salix purpurea 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)
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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews

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