Elodea Michx.
(waterweeds)

Interactions where Elodea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is foodplant of larva Foreign Bagous puncticollis a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous puncticollis/Bagous puncticollisa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Elodea/Elodeawaterweeds larva feeds on
leaf (dead, decaying) dead, decaying leaf is decayed by UK/Ireland Cladochytrium replicatum a chytrid Chytridiales: Cladochytriaceae Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Cladochytriaceae/Cladochytrium replicatum/Cladochytrium replicatuma chytrid Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Elodea/Elodeawaterweedsdead, decayingleaf is saprobic on dead, decaying leaf
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by UK/Ireland Nowakowskiella elegans a chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Chytridiales: Nowakowskiellaceae Annotated list of British Aquatic Chytrids, Canter, H.M., 1953
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Nowakowskiellaceae/Nowakowskiella elegans/Nowakowskiella elegansa chytrid (cellulose saprobe) Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Hydrocharitaceae/Elodea/Elodeawaterweedsdeadleaf is saprobic on dead leaf

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Canter, H.M., 1953Annotated list of British Aquatic ChytridsTBMS Vol 36 (4): 278-301.

Elodea (waterweeds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Elodea canadensis
Canadian Waterweed
Species 1 trophisms 3 references
Elodea nuttallii
Nuttall’s Water-weed
Species 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusElodea (waterweeds)
FamilyHYDROCHARITACEAE (waterweeds)
OrderALISMATALES (pond plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Elodea (waterweeds)

Elodea (waterweeds) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Elodea (waterweeds):

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