Sparganium erectum L.
(Branched Bur-reed)

Interactions where Sparganium erectum 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 cocoon Donacia semicuprea a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia semicuprea/Donacia semicupreaa reed beetlecocoon Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reed cocoon is associated with
may have adult Major Plateumaris sericea a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris sericea/Plateumaris sericeaa reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedMajor (1-)6(-12)adult may be found on
is foodplant of larva Telmatophilus brevicollis a silken fungus beetle Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cryptophagidae/Telmatophilus brevicollis/Telmatophilus brevicollisa silken fungus beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reed larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Telmatophilus caricis a silken fungus beetle Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cryptophagidae/Telmatophilus caricis/Telmatophilus caricisa silken fungus beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reed larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Telmatophilus sparganii a silken fungus beetle Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Cryptophagidae/Telmatophilus sparganii/Telmatophilus sparganiia silken fungus beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reed larva feeds on
is foodplant of ForeignRestricted Bagous lutosus a weevil Coleoptera: Curculionidae 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/Curculionidae/Bagous (Abagous) lutosus/Bagous (Abagous) lutosusa weevil Foodplant / feeds onForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedSole feeds on
is foodplant of larva Anthomyza collini an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza collini/Anthomyza collinian anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reed larva feeds on
leaf (surface) leaf (surface) is grazed by adult Major Donacia simplex a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia simplex/Donacia simplexa reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedleaf (surface)Major (3-9(-11)adult grazes on leaf (surface)
leaf (upper surface) (windowed) windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult Donacia aquatica Zircon Reed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia aquatica/Donacia aquaticazircon reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedwindowedleaf (upper surface) (5-7(-10)adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)
leaf leaf is grazed by adult Donacia bicolora Two-tone 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 bicolora/Donacia bicoloratwo-tone reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedleaf (4-early 8(-11)adult grazes on leaf
leaf leaf may have adult Donacia marginata a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia marginata/Donacia marginataa reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedleaf (4-)6-8(-10)adult may be found on leaf
leaf leaf may have adult Donacia sparganii a 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 sparganii/Donacia sparganiia reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedleaf adult may be found on leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramaria anamorph Foreign Ramularia sparganii (An Anamorphic Fungus) Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol II, Braun, U., 1998
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Ramularia sparganii/Ramularia sparganii(an anamorphic fungus)amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish whitecaespituliRamaria anamorph Foodplant / spot causerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedliveleaf amphigenous, punctiform to subeffuse, greyish white caespituli of Ramaria anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (sometimes locally discoloured) sometimes locally discoloured leaf is decayed by often numerous, immersed, black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Stagonospora typhoidearum a coelomycete Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora typhoidearum/Stagonospora typhoidearuma coelomyceteoften numerous, immersed, blackpycnidiumStagonospora coelomycetous anamorph Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedsometimes locally discolouredleaf often numerous, immersed, black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on sometimes locally discoloured leaf
leaves leaves may house larva Donacia marginata a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia marginata/Donacia marginataa reed beetlelarva Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedleaves larva may be found among leaves
pollen? pollen? is foodplant of adult Donacia marginata a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia marginata/Donacia marginataa reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedpollen? (4-)6-8(-10)adult feeds on pollen?
rhizome rhizome is foodplant of larva Donacia bicolora Two-tone Reed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia bicolora/Donacia bicoloratwo-tone reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedrhizome larva feeds on rhizome
root? root? is foodplant of larva Questionable Donacia simplex a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia simplex/Donacia simplexa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds onRelationship uncertain /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedroot? larva feeds on root?
root root is foodplant of larva Donacia aquatica Zircon Reed Beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia aquatica/Donacia aquaticazircon reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedroot larva feeds on root
root root may house cocoon Donacia simplex a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia simplex/Donacia simplexa reed beetlecocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedroot cocoon may be found among root
root root is foodplant of larva Questionable Plateumaris sericea a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris sericea/Plateumaris sericeaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reed?root larva feeds on root
root root may house cocoon Plateumaris sericea a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Plateumaris sericea/Plateumaris sericeaa reed beetlecocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedroot cocoon may be found among root
roots roots may house cocoon Minor Donacia cinerea a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/Donacia cinereaa reed beetlecocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedrootsMinor cocoon may be found among roots
roots roots may house subaquatic cocoon Macroplea appendiculata a reed beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea appendiculata/Macroplea appendiculataa reed beetlesubaquaticcocoon Plant / resting place / among /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedroots subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots
stem? stem? may contain larva UK/IrelandMajor Thryogenes scirrhosus a weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Thryogenes scirrhosus/Thryogenes scirrhosusa weevillarva Foodplant / internal feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedstem?Major larva feeds within stem?
stem stem is foodplant of UK/Ireland Erirhinus aethiops a weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Erirhinus aethiops/Erirhinus aethiopsa weevil Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium erectum/Sparganium erectumbranched bur-reedstem feeds on stem

Sparganium erectum (Branched Bur-reed) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
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
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Vol 58, Supp 1
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSparganium erectum (Branched Bur-reed)
GenusSparganium (bur-reeds)
FamilyTYPHACEAE (bulrushes)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
SubclassLILIIDAE (monocotyledonous 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 Sparganium erectum (Branched Bur-reed)

Sparganium erectum (Branched Bur-reed) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sparganium erectum (Branched Bur-reed):

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