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Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link (Broom)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos #macrophotos
Subspecies Cytisus scoparius ssp. maritimus (Rouy) Heyw. (a broom) 7  
Subspecies Cytisus scoparius ssp. scoparius (L.) Link (Broom) 14 3

Suggested Literature

Cytisus scoparius may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Cytisus scoparius:

(live) live is parasitised by cleistothecium Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
(live) live is parasitised by conidial anamorph Erysiphe trifolii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
is foodplant of Gonioctena olivacea - Broom Leaf Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of Polydrusus confluens - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is foodplant of imago Sitona griseus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is foodplant of larva Sitona striatellus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Major Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
is associate of Dryophilus anobioides - a wood boring beetle (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
is associate of Strophosoma capitatum - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
is associate of Tychius parallelus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
may have adult Cryptocephalus bipunctatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
may have adult Cryptocephalus sexpunctatus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
branch (dead) dead branch is mined by larva Cryptolestes spartii - a flat bark beetle (Coleoptera: Cucujidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
branch (dead, decayed) dead, decayed branch is decayed by fruitbody Pellidiscus pallidus - an ear toadstool (Agaricales: Cortinariaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos branch (small) (dead, attached) dead, attached branch (small) is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora incarnata - Rosy Crust (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
branch branch is associate of adult Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) UK/Ireland Major Cox, M.L., 2007
cambium cambium may contain larva Hylastinus obscurus - Gorse Bark Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
flower flower is associate of adult Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) UK/Ireland Major Cox, M.L., 2007
leaf leaf is mined by larva Agromyza johannae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Major Spencer, K.A., 1972 [linear mine adjoining leaf margin and running to apex of leaf then widening into a blotch.]
leaf leaf is grazed by larva Calomicrus circumfusus - a leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Rhogogaster genistae - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Major Benson, R.B., 1952
leaf leaf is grazed by nocturnal larva Rhogogaster picta - a sawfly (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Restricted Benson, R.B., 1952
pod wall pod wall is mined by larva Bruchidius cisti - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007 [sinuous, sub-epidermal gallery several mm long]
pod pod may contain larva Apion fuscirostre - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Restricted Bullock, J.A., 1992
pod pod may house adult (newly emerged) Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007 [released when pod dehisces]
pollen pollen is foodplant of adult Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
pollen? pollen? is foodplant of adult Bruchidius cisti - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
root nodule root nodule is foodplant of larva Sitona regensteinensis - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
root root is foodplant of larva Sitona griseus - a weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Morris, M.G., 1997
Bullock, J.A., 1992
seed seed may contain larva Bruchidius cisti - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) Cox, M.L., 2007
seed seed may contain larva Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Bullock, J.A., 1992
seed seed may house pupa Bruchidius villosus - a seed beetle (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) UK/Ireland Cox, M.L., 2007
Photos stem (young) young stem is galled by larva Apion atratulum - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Major Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem (young) young stem is galled by larva Apion immune - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) Restricted Bullock, J.A., 1992
stem stem may contain larva Phloeophthorus rhododactylus - a bark or ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Bullock, J.A., 1992
Photos twig (dead, attached) dead, attached twig is decayed by fruitbody Peniophora incarnata - Rosy Crust (Russulales: Peniophoraceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
twig twig is galled by larva Hexomyza sarothamni - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Restricted Spencer, K.A., 1972 [slender twig gall]
Photos wood (dead) dead wood is decayed by fruitbody Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes - Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [saprobic or weakly parasitic]
wood (dead, fallen, decayed) dead, fallen, decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Postia tephroleuca - Greying Bracket (Polyporales: Fomitopsidaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wood (decayed) decayed wood is decayed by fruitbody Dacrymyces minor - a jelly fungus (Dacrymycetales: Dacrymycetaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos wood (moribund) moribund wood is parasitised by fruitbody Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes - Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [saprobic or weakly parasitic]
wood (rotten) rotten wood is decayed by effuse colony of Endophragmiella dematiaceous anamorph Endophragmiella lignicola - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Sordariales: Lasiosphaeriaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997

Cytisus scoparius may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)
FABACEAE
(vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae)
Cytisus
(a genus of brooms)

References

Benson, R.B., 1952 Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)
Bullock, J.A., 1992 Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations
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
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Morris, M.G., 1997 Broad-Nosed Weevils (Entiminae)
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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