Equisetum arvense L.
(Field Horsetail)

Interactions where Equisetum arvense 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 (narrow) (live, non-blackened)		live, non-blackened branch (narrow) is mined by larva			Liriomyza occipitalis	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990 Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza occipitalis/	Liriomyza occipitalis	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		live, non-blackened	branch (narrow)		Sole			larva mines live, non-blackened branch (narrow)
branch (thick) (live, blackened)		live, blackened branch (thick) is mined by larva			Liriomyza equiseti	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990 Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza equiseti/	Liriomyza equiseti	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		live, blackened	branch (thick)		Sole			larva mines live, blackened branch (thick)
sheath (dead)		dead sheath is decayed by scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora equisetina	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora equisetina/	Stagonospora equisetina	a coelomycete		scattered, immersed, globose, brown	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		dead	sheath					scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath
stem		stem may contain larva			Grypus equiseti	Horsetail Weevil	Coleoptera: Erirhinidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Grypus equiseti/	Grypus equiseti	horsetail weevil				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail			stem		Major			larva feeds within stem
stem (dead, locally reddish-brown stained)		dead, locally reddish-brown stained stem is decayed by sometimes in rows acervulus of Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph			Titaeospora equiseti	a coelomycete		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Titaeospora equiseti/	Titaeospora equiseti	a coelomycete		sometimes in rows	acervulus	Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		dead, locally reddish-brown stained	stem				(3-4)	sometimes in rows acervulus of Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, locally reddish-brown stained stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora equisetina	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora equisetina/	Stagonospora equisetina	a coelomycete		scattered, immersed, globose, brown	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		dead	stem					scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by apothecium			Roseodiscus rhodoleucus	a discomycete	Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Roseodiscus rhodoleucus/	Roseodiscus rhodoleucus	a discomycete				apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		dead	stem				(4-9)	apothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dying, locally reddish-brown stained)		dying, locally reddish-brown stained stem is decayed by sometimes in rows acervulus of Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph			Titaeospora equiseti	a coelomycete		Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Titaeospora equiseti/	Titaeospora equiseti	a coelomycete		sometimes in rows	acervulus	Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		dying, locally reddish-brown stained	stem				(3-4)	sometimes in rows acervulus of Titaeospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dying, locally reddish-brown stained stem
stem (live, blackened)		live, blackened stem is mined by larva			Hippuriphila modeeri	Horsetail Flea Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Hippuriphila modeeri/	Hippuriphila modeeri	horsetail flea beetle				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		live, blackened	stem		Sole		(summer)	larva mines live, blackened stem
stem (live, blackened)		live, blackened stem is mined by larva			Liriomyza equiseti	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Liriomyza equiseti/	Liriomyza equiseti	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		live, blackened	stem		Sole			larva mines live, blackened stem
stem (locally bleached, dead, dry)		locally bleached, dead, dry stem is decayed by seriate or widely scattered, covered pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph			Ascochyta equiseti	a coelomycete	Pleosporales	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Ascochyta equiseti/	Ascochyta equiseti	a coelomycete		seriate or widely scattered, covered	pycnidium	Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum arvense/	Equisetum arvense	field horsetail		locally bleached, dead, dry	stem				(2-4)	seriate or widely scattered, covered pycnidium of Ascochyta coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on locally bleached, dead, dry stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Morris, M.G., 2002	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Robbins, R., 1990	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands	Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Equisetum
(horsetails)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail)
Genus	Equisetum (horsetails)
Family	EQUISETACEAE (horsetails)
Order	EQUISETALES (an order of horsetails)
Class	EQUISETOPSIDA (a class of horsetails)
Phylum	PTERIDOPHYTA (ferns and allies)
Subkingdom	VIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Equisetum arvense is also a member of:
Macrophytes - multi-cellular plants (via Pteridophyta)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail)

Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Equisetum
(horsetails)

PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Equisetum arvense (Field Horsetail):

Equisetum
(horsetails)

PTERIDOPHYTA
(ferns and allies)

VIRIDIPLANTAE
(lower green plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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