Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don
(Western Red-cedar)

Interactions where Thuja plicata 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').

Filters:

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
		may be infected and damaged by			Armillaria	honey fungi	Agaricales: Physalacriaceae	British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959	/Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/	Armillaria	honey fungi					Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar								infects and damages
(live)		live has sap sucked by			Carulaspis juniperi	Juniper Scale	Hemiptera: Diaspididae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Diaspididae/Carulaspis juniperi/	Carulaspis juniperi	juniper scale					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar		live						sucks sap of live
bark		bark is decayed by immersed acervulus of Truncatella coelomycetous anamorph			Truncatella hartigii	a coelomycete	Xylariales: Amphisphaeriaceae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Amphisphaeriaceae/Truncatella hartigii/	Truncatella hartigii	a coelomycete		immersed	acervulus	Truncatella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar			bark					immersed acervulus of Truncatella coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on bark
bark (live)		live bark has sap sucked by			Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium fletcheri/	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher scale					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar		live	bark					sucks sap of live bark
foliage (live)		live foliage has sap sucked by			Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium fletcheri/	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher scale					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar		live	foliage					sucks sap of live foliage
leaf (dead, attached)		dead, attached leaf is decayed by immersed, opening by little lids apothecium			Didymascella thujina	Thuja Needle Scorch, Kethia Disease - causative organism	Helotiales: Hemiphacidiaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Hemiphacidiaceae/Didymascella thujina/	Didymascella thujina	Thuja needle scorch, Kethia disease (causative organism)		immersed, opening by little lids		apothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar		dead, attached	leaf				(6-8)	immersed, opening by little lids apothecium is saprobic on dead, attached leaf
shoot (live)		live shoot has sap sucked by			Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher Scale	Hemiptera: Coccidae	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain, Malumphy, C., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coccidae/Parthenolecanium fletcheri/	Parthenolecanium fletcheri	Fletcher scale					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar		live	shoot					sucks sap of live shoot
twig (dead)		dead twig is decayed by pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph			Phomopsis thujae	(A Coelomycete)	Diaporthales: Diaporthaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Diaporthales/Diaporthaceae/Phomopsis thujae/	Phomopsis thujae	(a coelomycete)			pycnidium	Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Thuja plicata/	Thuja plicata	western red-cedar		dead	twig					pycnidium of Phomopsis coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead twig

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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
Malumphy, C., 2011	Fletcher Scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Hemiptera: Coccidae), a North American pest of Cypress and Yew in Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 211-216, Plate 14.
Moore, W.C., 1959	British Parasitic Fungi	430pp, Cambridge University Press

Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thuja
(red cedars)

CUPRESSACEAE
(cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars)

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Introduced conifers
(conifers grown in Britain, but not native)

Evergreen trees and shrubs
(evergreens)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)
Genus	Thuja (red cedars)
Family	CUPRESSACEAE (cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars)
Order	PINALES (conifers)
Class	PINOPSIDA (conifers)
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 Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar)

Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thuja plicata (Western Red-cedar):

PINOPSIDA
(conifers)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

BioImages

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