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Alnus incana (L.) Moench (Grey Alder)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #macrophotos
Alnus incana Plant 22 February 1998 Berks England 9

Suggested Literature

Alnus incana may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
BETULACEAE
(birches)
Alnus
(alders)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Alnus incana:

may have adult Cryptocephalus bipunctatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsoridium betulinum - Birch Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous uredium Melampsoridium betulinum - Birch Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups telium Melampsoridium hiratsukanum - Alder Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, subepidermal, scattered or in groups uredium Melampsoridium hiratsukanum - Alder Rust (Uredinales: Pucciniastraceae) Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 [producing reddish-yellow vein-limited spots on the upper surface. Infected leaves curl upwards.]
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Gjaerum, H.B., Lye, K.A. & Solheim, H., 2004
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza alnivora - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [narrow linear mine widening conspicuously towards end]

Alnus incana may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Alnus
(alders)

References

Cox, M.L., 2007 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland
Gjaerum, H.B., Lye, K.A. & Solheim, H., 2004 First record of Melampsoridium hiratsukanum on alder in Norway
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae
Wilson, M., & Henderson, D., 1966 British Rust Fungi

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