Equisetum palustre L.
(Marsh Horsetail)

Interactions where Equisetum palustre 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
is foodplant of larva Hippuriphila modeeri Horsetail Flea Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Hippuriphila modeeri/Hippuriphila modeerihorsetail flea beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetail larva feeds on
frond frond is grazed by larva Dolerus cothurnatus a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b), Benson, R.B., 1952
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Dolerus cothurnatus/Dolerus cothurnatusa sawflylarva Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetailfrond larva grazes on frond
sheath (dead) dead sheath is decayed by scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland 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 equisetinaa coelomycetescattered, immersed, globose, brownpycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetaildeadsheath scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath
stem (base) (black, dead) black, dead stem (base) is decayed by short-stalked apothecium Psilachnum inquilinum a discomycete Helotiales: Hyaloscyphaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hyaloscyphaceae/Psilachnum inquilinum/Psilachnum inquilinuma discomyceteshort-stalkedapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetailblack, deadstem (base) (3-10)short-stalked apothecium is saprobic on black, dead stem (base)
stem stem may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Grypus equiseti Horsetail 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/Grypus equiseti/Grypus equisetihorsetail weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetailstemMajor larva feeds within stem
stem stem is decayed by apothecium Stamnaria persoonii a discomycete Helotiales: Helotiaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Helotiaceae/Stamnaria persoonii/Stamnaria persooniia discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetailstem (5-6)apothecium is saprobic on stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, blackish pseudothecium Restricted Mycosphaerella equiseti an ascomycete Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Nordic equiseticolous Pyrenomycetes, Holm, L. & Holm, K., 1981
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella equiseti/Mycosphaerella equisetian ascomyceteimmersed, blackishpseudothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetaildeadstemSole (5-6)immersed, blackish pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora equiseti a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora equiseti/Stagonospora equisetia coelomyceteimmersedpycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetaildeadstem (8)immersed pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland 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 equisetinaa coelomycetescattered, immersed, globose, brownpycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetaildeadstem scattered, immersed, globose, brown pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead stem
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by immersed, subiculate pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma epitricha a coelomycete Pleosporales Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phoma epitricha/Phoma epitrichaa coelomyceteimmersed, subiculatepycnidiumPhoma coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetaildeadstem (1-6)immersed, subiculate pycnidium of Phoma 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 rhodoleucusa discomyceteapothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Equisetopsida/Equisetales/Equisetaceae/Equisetum palustre/Equisetum palustremarsh horsetaildeadstem (4-9)apothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1952Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (b)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(b), 137pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Grove, W.B., 1935British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidiaVol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Holm, L. & Holm, K., 1981Nordic equiseticolous PyrenomycetesNordic Journal of Botany Vol 1: 109-119.
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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEquisetum palustre (Marsh Horsetail)
GenusEquisetum (horsetails)
FamilyEQUISETACEAE (horsetails)
OrderEQUISETALES (an order of horsetails)
ClassEQUISETOPSIDA (a class of horsetails)
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 Equisetum palustre (Marsh Horsetail)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Oliver, J. & Storey, M.W. 1996 4-whorl "polystachion" and rebranching in Equisetum palustre BSBI News No. 73: 26-27.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Equisetum palustre (Marsh Horsetail):

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