Castanea dentata
(American Sweet Chestnut)

Interactions where Castanea dentata 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
branch branch may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic perithecium ForeignMinor Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/Castanea dentataamerican sweet chestnutbranchMinor embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages branch
branch branch may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph ForeignMinor Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticcryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/Castanea dentataamerican sweet chestnutbranchMinor embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages branch
trunk trunk may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic perithecium ForeignMinor Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticperithecium Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/Castanea dentataamerican sweet chestnuttrunkMinor embedded, stromatic perithecium infects and damages trunk
trunk trunk may be infected and damaged by embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph ForeignMinor Cryphonectria parasitica Chestnut Blight - causative organism Diaporthales: Cryphonectriaceae Sweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Forestry Commission
Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica), Anon, 2012
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Cryphonectriaceae/Cryphonectria parasitica/Cryphonectria parasiticachestnut blight (causative organism)embedded, stromaticcryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / pathogenForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Castanea dentata/Castanea dentataamerican sweet chestnuttrunkMinor embedded, stromatic cryphonectria coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages trunk

Author & YearTitleSource
Forestry CommissionSweet chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)www.forestry.gov.uk/chestnutblight
Anon, 2012Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica)

Castanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCastanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut)
GenusCastanea (sweet chestnuts)
FamilyFAGACEAE (forest trees)
OrderFAGALES (forest trees)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Castanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Castanea dentata (American Sweet Chestnut):

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