Alopecurus pratensis L.
(Meadow Foxtail)

Interactions where Alopecurus pratensis 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 Anthomyza gracilis an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza gracilis/Anthomyza gracilisan anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtail larva feeds on
(live) live may have male Chirothrips hamatus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Chirothrips hamatus/Chirothrips hamatusa thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillive (5)male may be found on live
(live) live may have female Chirothrips hamatus a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Chirothrips hamatus/Chirothrips hamatusa thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillive (5-7)female may be found on live
(live) live is parasitised by UK/Ireland 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 graminisgrass mildew, grass and cereal powdery mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillive parasitises live
leaf -> sheath leaf -> sheath is mined by larva Major Cerodontha denticornis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/Cerodontha denticornisa leaf-mining flylarva Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailleaf -> sheathMajor larva mines leaf -> sheath
leaf sheath leaf sheath may house puparium Major Cerodontha denticornis a leaf-mining fly Diptera: Agromyzidae Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha denticornis/Cerodontha denticornisa leaf-mining flypuparium Plant / resting place / within /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailleaf sheathMajor puparium may be found in leaf sheath
leaf leaf is spotted by colony of Mastigosporium anamorph UK/IrelandMajor Mastigosporium album an anamorphic fungus Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host ranges, Bollard, E.G., 1950
Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetation, Fletcher, H.J., 1976
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Mastigosporium album/Mastigosporium albuman anamorphic funguscolonyMastigosporium anamorph Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailleafMajor colony of Mastigosporium anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live, blistered) live, blistered leaf is spotted by long, linear, erumpent sorus UK/Ireland Urocystis agropyri a stripe smut of grasses Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis agropyri/Urocystis agropyria stripe smut of grasseslong, linear, erumpentsorus Foodplant / spot causerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillive, blisteredleaf long, linear, erumpent sorus causes spots on live, blistered leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Spermospora anamorph Foreign Spermospora ciliata Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Spermospora ciliata/Spermospora ciliataSpermospora anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailliveleaf Spermospora anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium Puccinia coronata Crown Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/Puccinia coronatacrown rustamphigenous, scattered or in patchesuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailliveleaf (summer)amphigenous, scattered or in patches uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous telium Puccinia coronata Crown Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia coronata/Puccinia coronatacrown rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailliveleaf (mid 8-)hypophyllous telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium UK/Ireland Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola f.sp. avenae a black stem rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland., Batts, C.C.V., 1951
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenaea black stem rustamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly epiphyllous, scattered uredium Puccinia recondita Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia recondita/Puccinia reconditabrown rust, brown rust of wheatmostly epiphyllous, scattereduredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailliveleaf mostly epiphyllous, scattered uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Puccinia recondita Brown Rust, Brown Rust Of Wheat Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia recondita/Puccinia reconditabrown rust, brown rust of wheathypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailliveleaf hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by embedded sorus UK/Ireland Urocystis alopecuri Foxtail Smut Urocystidales: Urocystidaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungi, Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Urocystidales/Urocystidaceae/Urocystis alopecuri/Urocystis alopecurifoxtail smutembeddedsorus Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailliveleaf embedded sorus parasitises live leaf
root (rotten) rotten root may be infected and damaged by UK/Ireland Cladochytrium caespitis a chytrid Chytridiales: Cladochytriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Chytridiomycota/Chytridiomycetes/Chytridiales/Cladochytriaceae/Cladochytrium caespitis/Cladochytrium caespitisa chytrid Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtailrottenroot infects and damages rotten root
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by uredium UK/Ireland Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola f.sp. avenae a black stem rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland., Batts, C.C.V., 1951
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenaea black stem rusturedium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillivesheath uredium parasitises live sheath
sheath (live) live sheath is parasitised by linear telium UK/Ireland Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola f.sp. avenae a black stem rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland., Batts, C.C.V., 1951
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenaea black stem rustlineartelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillivesheath linear telium parasitises live sheath
stem stem is galled by stroma UK/IrelandQuestionable Epichloe typhina Choke Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae Epichloë in Britain, Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe typhina/Epichloe typhinachokestroma Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtail?stem stroma causes gall of stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by uredium UK/Ireland Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola f.sp. avenae a black stem rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland., Batts, C.C.V., 1951
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenaea black stem rusturedium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillivestem uredium parasitises live stem
stem (live) live stem is parasitised by linear telium UK/Ireland Puccinia graminis ssp graminicola f.sp. avenae a black stem rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland., Batts, C.C.V., 1951
Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenae/Puccinia graminis ssp. graminicola f.sp. avenaea black stem rustlineartelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Alopecurus pratensis/Alopecurus pratensismeadow foxtaillivestem linear telium parasitises live stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Batts, C.C.V., 1951Physiologic specialization of Puccinia graminis Pers. in south-east Scotland.TBMS Vol 34 (4): 533-538.
Bollard, E.G., 1950Studies on the genus Mastigosporium I. General account of the species and their host rangesTBMS Vol 33 (3+4): 250-264.
Braun, U., 1995Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fletcher, H.J., 1976Some interesting pathogens of natural vegetationVol 10 (1)
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.
Spencer, K.A., 1972Diptera: AgromyzidaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005Epichloë in BritainMycologist Vol 19 (2): 82-87.
Spooner, B.M. & Legon, N.W., 2006Additions and amendments to the list of British smut fungiMycologist 20 (3): 90-96.

Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail)
GenusAlopecurus (foxtail grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Gateley, P Alopecurus pratensis: Meadow Foxtail

Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Distribution, status and conservation of Alopecurus pratensis - Sanguisorba officinalis flood-plain meadows in England Research Reports EN Report no 249.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Alopecurus pratensis (Meadow Foxtail):

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