CUPRESSACEAE
(cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars)

Interactions where CUPRESSACEAE 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
		has sap sucked by adult			Eremocoris abietis	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Eremocoris abietis/	Eremocoris abietis	a ground bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/	Cupressaceae	cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Eremocoris abietis	a ground bug	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Eremocoris abietis/	Eremocoris abietis	a ground bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/	Cupressaceae	cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars								nymph sucks sap of
(live)		live has sap sucked by			Carulaspis juniperi	Juniper Scale	Hemiptera: Diaspididae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Carulaspis juniperi/	Carulaspis juniperi	juniper scale					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/	Cupressaceae	cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars		live			Sole			sucks sap of live
bark (live)		live bark has sap sucked by			Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium fletcheri/	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher scale					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/	Cupressaceae	cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars		live	bark		Sole			sucks sap of live bark
foliage (live)		live foliage has sap sucked by			Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium fletcheri/	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher scale					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/	Cupressaceae	cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars		live	foliage		Sole			sucks sap of live foliage
shoot (live)		live shoot has sap sucked by			Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium fletcheri/	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher scale					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/	Cupressaceae	cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars		live	shoot		Sole			sucks sap of live shoot

Author & Year	Title	Source
Denton, J., 2011	Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 216.
Malumphy, C., 2011	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 211-216, Plate 14.

CUPRESSACEAE (cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Arthrotaxis selaginoides King Billy Pine, King William Pine				Species		1 trophisms
Chamaecyparis a genus of cypresses				Genus	1 subtaxa	35 trophisms
Cryptomeria japonica Japanese Red-cedar				Species		6 trophisms
Cupressus a genus of cypresses				Genus	2 subtaxa	59 trophisms
Juniperus junipers				Genus	4 subtaxa	104 trophisms	6 references
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood				Species		1 trophisms
Sequoia sempervirens Coastal Redwood				Species		13 trophisms
Sequoiadendron giganteum Wellingtonia				Species		8 trophisms
Thuja red cedars				Genus	2 subtaxa	41 trophisms
x Cupressocyparis an intergeneric hybrid of conifers				Intergeneric hybrid	1 subtaxa	4 trophisms
Xanthocyparis nootkatensis Nootka Cypress				Species		3 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	CUPRESSACEAE (cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars)
Order	PINALES (conifers)
Class	PINOPSIDA (conifers)
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 CUPRESSACEAE (cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars)

CUPRESSACEAE (cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to CUPRESSACEAE (cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars):

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

BioImages

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