Poa compressa L.
(Flattened Meadow-grass)

Interactions where Poa compressa 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').

Filters:

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
(live)		live is parasitised by			Blumeria graminis	Grass Mildew, Grass and Cereal Powdery Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Blumeria graminis/	Blumeria graminis	grass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew					Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa compressa/	Poa compressa	flattened meadow-grass		live						parasitises live
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella recutita/	Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete			colony	Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa compressa/	Poa compressa	flattened meadow-grass		dead	leaf					colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium			Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa compressa/	Poa compressa	flattened meadow-grass		live	leaf					hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous uredium			Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus		epiphyllous		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa compressa/	Poa compressa	flattened meadow-grass		live	leaf					epiphyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf
sheath (dead)		dead sheath is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella recutita/	Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete			colony	Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa compressa/	Poa compressa	flattened meadow-grass		dead	sheath					colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Poa compressa (Flattened Meadow-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Poa
(meadow-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Poa compressa (Flattened Meadow-grass)
Genus	Poa (meadow-grasses)
Tribe	Poeae (a tribe of grasses)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Poa compressa (Flattened Meadow-grass)

Poa compressa (Flattened Meadow-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Poa
(meadow-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Poa compressa (Flattened Meadow-grass):

Poa
(meadow-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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