Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br.
(Floating Sweet-grass)

Interactions where Glyceria fluitans 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			Bagous tubulus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous tubulus/	Bagous tubulus	a weevil					Foodplant / feeds on		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass								feeds on
		is foodplant of larva			Anthomyza gracilis	an anthomyzid fly	Diptera: Anthomyzidae	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza gracilis/	Anthomyza gracilis	an anthomyzid fly				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass								larva feeds on
		has sap sucked by adult			[Ischnodemus sabuleti agg.]	cinchbugs	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Ischnodemus sabuleti agg./	Ischnodemus sabuleti agg.	cinchbugs				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass								adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			[Ischnodemus sabuleti agg.]	cinchbugs	Hemiptera: Lygaeidae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Ischnodemus sabuleti agg./	Ischnodemus sabuleti agg.	cinchbugs				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass								nymph sucks sap of
leaf (between veins) (fading)		fading leaf (between veins) is spotted by immersed, minute pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria tritici sensu Rob. & Desm.	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria tritici sensu Rob. & Desm./	Septoria tritici sensu Rob. & Desm.	a leaf-spot fungus		immersed, minute	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass	?	fading	leaf (between veins)				(5-8)	immersed, minute pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on fading leaf (between veins)
leaf (upper surface)		leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult			Oulema erichsonii	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema erichsonii/	Oulema erichsonii	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass			leaf (upper surface)				(5-7)	adult grazes on leaf (upper surface)
leaf (upper surface)		leaf (upper surface) is grazed by hidden under carried excrement larva			Oulema erichsonii	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema erichsonii/	Oulema erichsonii	a leaf beetle		hidden under carried excrement		larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass			leaf (upper surface)					hidden under carried excrement larva grazes on leaf (upper surface)
leaf (upper surface) (windowed)		windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult			Donacia aquatica	Zircon Reed Beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia aquatica/	Donacia aquatica	zircon reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		windowed	leaf (upper surface)				(5-7(-10)	adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)
leaf		leaf is foodplant of adult			Oulema obscura	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema obscura/	Oulema obscura	a leaf beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass			leaf					adult feeds on leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella recutita/	Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete			colony	Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		dead	leaf					colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph			Arthrinium sphaerospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Apiosporaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sphaerospermum/	Arthrinium sphaerospermum	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus			colony	Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		dead	leaf					colony of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, arranged in rows, covered, piercing pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria ammophilae	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria ammophilae/	Septoria ammophilae	a leaf-spot fungus		hypophyllous, arranged in rows, covered, piercing	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass	?	live	leaf					hypophyllous, arranged in rows, covered, piercing pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by embedded ustilospore ball			Ustilentyloma fluitans	a smut	Microbotryales: Ustilentylomataceae	Ustilentyloma fluitans: a new British smut, Smith, P.A. & Lutz, M.S, 2014	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Microbotryales/Ustilentylomataceae/Ustilentyloma fluitans/	Ustilentyloma fluitans	a smut		embedded		ustilospore ball	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		live	leaf		Major			embedded ustilospore ball parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium			Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus		hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis		telium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		live	leaf					hypophyllous, long covered by epidermis telium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by epiphyllous uredium			Puccinia brachypodii var poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus	Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis/	Puccinia brachypodii var. poae-nemoralis	a rust fungus		epiphyllous		uredium	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		live	leaf					epiphyllous uredium causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf may be infected and damaged by embedded sorus			Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut	Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut		embedded		sorus	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		live	leaf		Minor			embedded sorus infects and damages live leaf
root		root is associate of adult			Oulema erichsonii	a leaf beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Oulema erichsonii/	Oulema erichsonii	a leaf beetle				adult	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass			root				(5-7)	adult is associated with root
sheath (dead)		dead sheath is decayed by colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph			Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella recutita/	Mycosphaerella recutita	an ascomycete			colony	Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		dead	sheath					colony of Cercosporidium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on dead sheath
shoot (seldom flowering)		seldom flowering shoot may be infected and damaged by			Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut	Ustilaginales: Ustilaginaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Ustilago longissima, Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Ustilaginomycetes/Ustilaginales/Ustilaginaceae/Ustilago filiformis/	Ustilago filiformis	a grass smut					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria fluitans/	Glyceria fluitans	floating sweet-grass		seldom flowering	shoot		Minor			infects and damages seldom flowering shoot

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
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
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
Mordue, J.E.M., 1991	Ustilago longissima	I.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 1099.
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
Roháček, J., 2009	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2	Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.
Smith, P.A. & Lutz, M.S, 2014	Ustilentyloma fluitans: a new British smut	Field Mycology Vol 15 (1): 8.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Glyceria fluitans (Floating Sweet-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Glyceria
(sweet-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Glyceria fluitans (Floating Sweet-grass)
Genus	Glyceria (sweet-grasses)
Tribe	Meliceae (sweet grasses and melicks)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
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 Glyceria fluitans (Floating Sweet-grass)

Glyceria fluitans (Floating Sweet-grass) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Glyceria
(sweet-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Glyceria fluitans (Floating Sweet-grass):

Glyceria
(sweet-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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