Metzgeria furcata (L.) Dumort.
(Forked Veilwort)

Interactions where Metzgeria furcata is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage 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
grows on trunk UK/IrelandCaptivity Dicksonia (a genus of tree ferns) Cyatheales: Dicksoniaceae More tree fern aliens, Fisk, R., 2008
 /Plantae/Marchantiophyta/Jungermanniopsida/Metzgeriales/Metzgeriaceae/Metzgeria furcata/Metzgeria furcataforked veilwort Plant / epiphyteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Cyatheales/Dicksoniaceae/Dicksonia/Dicksonia(a genus of tree ferns)trunk Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced

Author & YearTitleSource
Fisk, R., 2008More tree fern aliensFB Vol 96: 9.

Metzgeria furcata (Forked Veilwort) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMetzgeria furcata (Forked Veilwort)
GenusMetzgeria (Bot.) (a genus of veilworts)
FamilyMETZGERIACEAE (veilworts)
OrderMETZGERIALES (veilworts, germanderworts, ghostworts and greaseworts)
ClassJUNGERMANNIOPSIDA (leafy liverworts)
PhylumMARCHANTIOPHYTA (liverworts)
SubkingdomVIRIDIPLANTAE (lower green plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Metzgeria furcata (Forked Veilwort)

Metzgeria furcata (Forked Veilwort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Metzgeria furcata (Forked Veilwort):

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