Kalmia latifolia L.
(Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood, Mountain-laurel)

Interactions where Kalmia latifolia 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
is decayed by stromatic, single or in groups of 2-3 apothecium Ovulinia azaleae Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Fungal foes in your garden no 58: Petal Blight on Azalea, Fox, R.T.V., 2004
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ovulinia azaleae/Ovulinia azaleaerhododendron petal blight (causative organism)stromatic, single or in groups of 2-3apothecium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Kalmia latifolia/Kalmia latifoliamountain laurel, spoonwood, mountain-laurel stromatic, single or in groups of 2-3 apothecium is saprobic on
leaf leaf may be infected and damaged by mycelium UK/Ireland Phytophthora alni Sudden Oak Death - causative organism, SOD, Phytophthora Disease Of Alder Peronosporales: Peronosporaceae Phytophthora ramorum: one pathogen and many diseases, an emerging threat to forest ecosystems and ornamental plant life, Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004
Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback, Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004
 /Chromista/Oomycota/Peronosporea/Peronosporales/Peronosporaceae/Phytophthora alni/Phytophthora alnisudden oak death (causative organism), SOD, phytophthora disease of aldermycelium Foodplant / pathogenUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Kalmia latifolia/Kalmia latifoliamountain laurel, spoonwood, mountain-laurelleaf mycelium infects and damages leaf
petal (dead, fallen, collapsed, rotting) dead, fallen, collapsed, rotting petal is decayed by sclerotium Ovulinia azaleae Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Fungal foes in your garden no 58: Petal Blight on Azalea, Fox, R.T.V., 2004
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ovulinia azaleae/Ovulinia azaleaerhododendron petal blight (causative organism)sclerotium Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Kalmia latifolia/Kalmia latifoliamountain laurel, spoonwood, mountain-laureldead, fallen, collapsed, rottingpetal (autumn)sclerotium is saprobic on dead, fallen, collapsed, rotting petal
petal (live, wilting) live, wilting petal is spotted by Ovulitis anamorph Ovulinia azaleae Rhododendron Petal Blight - causative organism Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Fungal foes in your garden no 58: Petal Blight on Azalea, Fox, R.T.V., 2004
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Ovulinia azaleae/Ovulinia azaleaerhododendron petal blight (causative organism)Ovulitis anamorph Foodplant / spot causer /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Kalmia latifolia/Kalmia latifoliamountain laurel, spoonwood, mountain-laurellive, wiltingpetal (5-9)Ovulitis anamorph causes spots on live, wilting petal

Author & YearTitleSource
Appiah, A., Jennings, P., & Turner, J.A., 2004Phytophthora ramorum: one pathogen and many diseases, an emerging threat to forest ecosystems and ornamental plant lifeMycologist Vol 18 (4): 145-150.
Fox, R.T.V., 2004Fungal foes in your garden no 58: Petal Blight on AzaleaMycologist Vol 18 (4): 175-6.
Henricot, B. & Prior, C., 2004Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and diebackMycologist Vol 18 (4): 151-156.

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood, Mountain-laurel) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesKalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood, Mountain-laurel)
GenusKalmia (sheep- and bog-laurels)
FamilyERICACEAE (heaths, heathers, rhododendrons, azaleas & wintergeeens)
OrderERICALES (heaths, heathers, azaleas, primroses, loosestrifes and balsams)
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 Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood, Mountain-laurel)

Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood, Mountain-laurel) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood, Mountain-laurel):

Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)