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Equisetum fluviatile L. (Water Horsetail)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Equisetum fluviatile 23 June 1968 East Sussex England 1

Suggested Literature

Equisetum fluviatile may be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Equisetum fluviatile:

is foodplant of Bagous collignensis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992 [probably incorrect]
frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus cothurnatus - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Benson, R.B., 1952
stem (base) (black, dead) black, dead stem (base) is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Psilachnum inquilinum - a discomycete (Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora equiseti - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered apothecium Gorgoniceps boltonii - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus equisetinus - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by long-stalked apothecium Hymenoscyphus pileatus - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by apothecium Hymenoscyphus rhodoleucus - a discomycete (Helotiales: Helotiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, locally reddish-brown stained) dead, locally reddish-brown stained stem is decayed by sometimes in rows acervulus of Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph Titaeospora equiseti - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dying, locally reddish-brown stained) dying, locally reddish-brown stained stem is decayed by sometimes in rows acervulus of Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph Titaeospora equiseti - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (locally bleached, dead) locally bleached, dead stem is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph Ascochyta equiseti - a coelomycete Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (upper) stem (upper) may house pupa Bagous lutulentus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Morris, M.G., 2002
stem stem is foodplant of Bagous lutulentus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) UK/Ireland Morris, M.G., 2002
Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Bagous lutulentus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Foreign Restricted Morris, M.G., 2002
stem stem is mined by larva Liriomyza virgo - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Restricted Robbins, R., 1990 [Prefers plants in standing water. Pupariates internally]
Spencer, K.A., 1972

Equisetum fluviatile may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

Equisetum
(horsetails)

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
Morris, M.G., 2002 True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae
Robbins, R., 1990 A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the midlands
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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