Azolla filiculoides Lam.
(Water Fern)

Interactions where Azolla filiculoides is the controlling partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
is mutualistic with Anabaena a genus of cyanobacteria Nostocales: Nostocaceae /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Salvinales/Salvinaceae/Azolla filiculoides/Azolla filiculoideswater fern Foodplant / mutualist /Cyanobacteria/Cyanophyceae/Nostocales/Nostocaceae/Anabaena/Anabaenaa genus of cyanobacteria

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

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
leaf, esp. above waterline leaf, esp. above waterline is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Stenopelmus rufinasus Azolla Weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Stenopelmus rufinasus/Stenopelmus rufinasusazolla weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Salvinales/Salvinaceae/Azolla filiculoides/Azolla filiculoideswater fernleaf, esp. above waterline larva feeds on leaf, esp. above waterline

Azolla filiculoides (Water Fern) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAzolla filiculoides (Water Fern)
FamilySALVINACEAE (a family of ferns)
OrderSALVINALES (an order of ferns)
ClassPOLYPODIOPSIDA (a class of ferns)
PhylumPTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Azolla filiculoides (Water Fern)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Booy, O., Wade, M. & White, V. Water Fern
in the hand () Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Azolla filiculoides (Water Fern) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Azolla filiculoides (Water Fern):

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