Elaeagnus L.
(oleasters)

Interactions where Elaeagnus 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			Cacopsylla fulguralis	Elaeagnus Psyllid, Eleagnus Sucker	Hemiptera: Psyllidae	Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama), an Asian jumping plant louse (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) causing damage to Elaeagnus in Britain, Malumphy, C.P. & Halstead, A.J., 2003	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Psyllidae/Cacopsylla fulguralis/	Cacopsylla fulguralis	elaeagnus psyllid, eleagnus sucker					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Elaeagnus/	Elaeagnus	oleasters								sucks sap of
		is foodplant of pycnidium of Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph			Microsphaeropsis olivacea	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Montagnulaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Montagnulaceae/Microsphaeropsis olivacea/	Microsphaeropsis olivacea	a coelomycete			pycnidium	Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Elaeagnus/	Elaeagnus	oleasters								pycnidium of Conothyrium coelomycetous anamorph feeds on
branch (live)		live branch is parasitised by fruitbody			Fomitiporia hippophaicola	a bracket fungus	Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fomitiporia hippophaicola/	Fomitiporia hippophaicola	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Elaeagnus/	Elaeagnus	oleasters		live	branch					fruitbody parasitises live branch
trunk (live)		live trunk is parasitised by fruitbody			Fomitiporia hippophaicola	a bracket fungus	Hymenochaetales: Hymenochaetaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Hymenochaetales/Hymenochaetaceae/Fomitiporia hippophaicola/	Fomitiporia hippophaicola	a bracket fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Elaeagnus/	Elaeagnus	oleasters		live	trunk					fruitbody parasitises live trunk
wood (dead)		dead wood is decayed by Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph			Camarosporium eleagni	a coelomycete	Botryosphaeriales	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Botryosphaeriales/Camarosporium eleagni/	Camarosporium eleagni	a coelomycete				Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Elaeagnus/	Elaeagnus	oleasters		dead	wood					Camarosporium coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead wood
wood (dead)		dead wood is decayed by fruitbody			Flammulina velutipes var velutipes	Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/	Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes	velvet shank, winter fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Elaeagnus/	Elaeagnus	oleasters		dead	wood					fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood
wood (moribund)		moribund wood is parasitised by fruitbody			Flammulina velutipes var velutipes	Velvet Shank, Winter Fungus	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes/	Flammulina velutipes var. velutipes	velvet shank, winter fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Elaeagnaceae/Elaeagnus/	Elaeagnus	oleasters		moribund	wood					fruitbody parasitises moribund wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Malumphy, C.P. & Halstead, A.J., 2003	Cacopsylla fulguralis (Kuwayama), an Asian jumping plant louse (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) causing damage to Elaeagnus in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. 16: 89-93.

Elaeagnus (oleasters) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Broadleaved shrubs
(broadleaved shrubs)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Elaeagnus angustifolia Oleaster				Species		1 trophisms
Elaeagnus commutata Silver-berry				Species		1 trophisms
Elaeagnus macrophylla x pungens = E. x submacrophylla Ebbinge’s oleaster				Species hybrid		1 trophisms
Elaeagnus pungens Thorny Elaeagnus, Spiny Oleaster				Species		2 trophisms
Elaeagnus umbellata Elaeagnus, Spreading Oleaster				Species		2 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Elaeagnus (oleasters)
Family	ELAEAGNACEAE (elaeagnus and sea buckthorn)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
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 Elaeagnus (oleasters)

Elaeagnus (oleasters) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Elaeagnus (oleasters):

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

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