Festuca ovina L.
(Sheep’s-fescue)

Interactions where Festuca ovina 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 Stiphrosoma laetum an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Stiphrosoma laetum/Stiphrosoma laetuman anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina/Festuca ovinasheep's-fescue larva feeds on
stem stem is galled by stroma UK/Ireland Epichloe festucae Fescue Choke Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae Epichloë in Britain, Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Epichloe festucae/Epichloe festucaefescue chokestroma Foodplant / gallUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina/Festuca ovinasheep's-fescuestem stroma causes gall of stem

Author & YearTitleSource
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.
Spooner, B.M. & Kemp, S.L., 2005Epichloë in BritainMycologist Vol 19 (2): 82-87.

Festuca ovina (Sheep’s-fescue) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesFestuca ovina (Sheep’s-fescue)
GenusFestuca (fescue grasses)
TribePoeae (a tribe of grasses)
SubfamilyPOOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Festuca ovina (Sheep’s-fescue)

Festuca ovina (Sheep’s-fescue) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Festuca ovina (Sheep’s-fescue):

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