Eriophorum L.
(cottongrasses, bog-cottons)

Interactions where Eriophorum 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
leaf?		leaf? is mined by larva			Cerodontha geniculata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha geniculata/	Cerodontha geniculata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons			leaf?					larva mines leaf?
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium			Mycosphaerella lineolata	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella lineolata/	Mycosphaerella lineolata	an ascomycete		immersed, linearly arranged		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons		dead	leaf		Minor			immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium is saprobic on dead leaf
pollen?		pollen? is foodplant of adult			Plateumaris discolor	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 discolor/	Plateumaris discolor	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons			pollen?				(3-)6(-12)	adult feeds on pollen?
rhizome		rhizome is foodplant of larva			Plateumaris discolor	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 discolor/	Plateumaris discolor	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons			rhizome					larva feeds on rhizome
root		root is foodplant of larva			Plateumaris discolor	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 discolor/	Plateumaris discolor	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons			root					larva feeds on root
root		root may house cocoon			Plateumaris discolor	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 discolor/	Plateumaris discolor	a reed beetle				cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons			root					cocoon may be found among root
stem?		stem? may contain larva			Cerodontha geniculata	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Cerodontha geniculata/	Cerodontha geniculata	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / internal feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons			stem?					larva feeds within stem?
stem (dead)		dead stem is decayed by immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium			Mycosphaerella lineolata	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella lineolata/	Mycosphaerella lineolata	an ascomycete		immersed, linearly arranged		pseudothecium	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Eriophorum/	Eriophorum	cottongrasses, bog-cottons		dead	stem		Minor			immersed, linearly arranged pseudothecium is saprobic on dead stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
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
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Eriophorum (cottongrasses, bog-cottons) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Eriophorum angustifolium Common Cottongrass				Species		21 trophisms
Eriophorum gracile Slender Cottongrass				Species			1 references
Eriophorum latifolium Broad-leaved Cottongrass				Species		2 trophisms
Eriophorum vaginatum Hare’s-tail Cottongrass				Species		4 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Eriophorum (cottongrasses, bog-cottons)
Family	CYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
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 Eriophorum (cottongrasses, bog-cottons)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Conaghan, J.P. et al		Eriophorum	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012

Eriophorum (cottongrasses, bog-cottons) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eriophorum (cottongrasses, bog-cottons):

CYPERACEAE
(cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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