Salix purpurea L.
(Purple Willow)

Interactions where Salix purpurea is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 associate of Tachyerges decoratus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Tachyerges decoratus/Tachyerges decoratusa weevil Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willow is associated with
is parasitised by UK/Ireland Erysiphe adunca var adunca Willow and Poplar Mildew, Willow Mildew Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe adunca var. adunca/Erysiphe adunca var. aduncawillow and poplar mildew, willow mildew Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willow parasitises
bud and bud-peduncle (live) live bud and bud-peduncle is galled by larva Euura mucronata a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Euura (Gemmura) mucronata/Euura (Gemmura) mucronataa sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowlivebud and bud-peduncle larva causes gall of live bud and bud-peduncle
leaf (midrib underside) leaf (midrib underside) is galled by larva Pontania gallarum a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Eupontania) gallarum/Pontania (Eupontania) gallaruma sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowleaf (midrib underside) larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside)
leaf (midrib underside) leaf (midrib underside) is galled by larva Major Pontania viminalis a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Eupontania) viminalis/Pontania (Eupontania) viminalisa sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowleaf (midrib underside)Major larva causes gall of leaf (midrib underside)
leaf (upperside) leaf (upperside) is galled by larva Foreign Pontania dolichura sensu auct. a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania dolichura sensu auct./Pontania dolichura sensu auct.a sawflylarva Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowleaf (upperside) larva causes gall of leaf (upperside)
leaf edge leaf edge is rolled by larva Restricted Pontania purpureae a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Phyllocolpa) purpureae/Pontania (Phyllocolpa) purpureaea sawflylarva Foodplant / roller /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowleaf edgeSole larva rolls leaf edge
leaf leaf is galled by larva Restricted Pontania vesicator a sawfly Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c), Benson, R.B., 1958
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Tenthredinidae/Pontania (Eupontania) vesicator/Pontania (Eupontania) vesicatora sawflylarva Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowleafSole larva causes gall of leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by colony Chaitophorus niger a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus niger/Chaitophorus nigera hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleaf colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf has sap sucked by colony Chaitophorus truncatus a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus truncatus/Chaitophorus truncatusa hairy aphidcolony Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleaf colony sucks sap of live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may have female Major Mycterothrips salicis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Mycterothrips salicis/Mycterothrips salicisa thripsfemale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleafMajor (5-9,12)female may be found on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may have male Major Mycterothrips salicis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Mycterothrips salicis/Mycterothrips salicisa thripsmale Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleafMajor (8)male may be found on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf may have larva Major Mycterothrips salicis a thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Mycterothrips salicis/Mycterothrips salicisa thripslarva Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleafMajor (8)larva may be found on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, greyish white, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Phacellium salicinum var salicinum (A Dematiaceous Hyphomycete) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Phacellium salicinum var. salicinum/Phacellium salicinum var. salicinum(a dematiaceous hyphomycete)hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, greyish white, palesynnemaPhacellium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleaf hypophyllous, scattered to loosely grouped, greyish white, pale synnema of Phacellium dematiaceous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, dense, greyish white to light reddish caespituli of Ramularia anamorph Foreign Ramularia rosea an anamorphic fungus Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia rosea/Ramularia roseaan anamorphic fungushypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, dense, greyish white to light reddishcaespituliRamularia anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleaf hypophyllous, punctiform to subeffuse, dense, greyish white to light reddish caespituli of Ramularia anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by amphigenous uredium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusamphigenousuredium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleaf amphigenous uredium parasitises live leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is parasitised by mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium Melampsora epitea a rust fungus Pucciniales: Melampsoraceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Melampsoraceae/Melampsora epitea/Melampsora epiteaa rust fungusmostly hypophyllous, subepidermaltelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowliveleaf mostly hypophyllous, subepidermal telium parasitises live leaf
twig (dead, often attached) dead, often attached twig is decayed by loosely gregarious, erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph UK/Ireland Cytospora salicis a stromatic coelomycete Diaporthales: Valsaceae British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Valsaceae/Cytospora salicis/Cytospora salicisa stromatic coelomyceteloosely gregarious, erumpentstromaCytospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix purpurea/Salix purpureapurple willowdead, often attachedtwig (1-8)loosely gregarious, erumpent stroma of Cytospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead, often attached twig

Salix purpurea (Purple Willow) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Benson, R.B., 1958Hymenoptera: 2. Symphyta. Section (c)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol VI, Part 2(c), 252pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Braun, U., 1998Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol IIPhytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 2, 493pp, IHW-Verlag
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
Ing, B., 1990An Introduction to British Powdery MildewsMycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976ThysanopteraHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & CallaphididaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSalix purpurea (Purple Willow)
GenusSalix (willows)
FamilySALICACEAE (poplars and willows)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Salix purpurea (Purple Willow)

Salix purpurea (Purple Willow) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Salix purpurea (Purple Willow):

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