Carex acuta L.
(Slender Tufted-sedge)

Interactions where Carex acuta 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').

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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
may have adult Donacia impressa 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 impressa/Donacia impressaa reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedge adult may be found on
is foodplant of larva Anagnota bicolor an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anagnota bicolor/Anagnota bicoloran anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedge larva 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/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedge larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Anthomyza dissors an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza dissors/Anthomyza dissorsan anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgeMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Anthomyza gracilis an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza gracilis/Anthomyza gracilisan anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgeMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Anthomyza neglecta an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza neglecta/Anthomyza neglectaan anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgeMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Major Anthomyza paraneglecta an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Anthomyza paraneglecta/Anthomyza paraneglectaan anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgeMajor larva feeds on
is foodplant of larva Stiphrosoma cingulatum an anthomyzid fly Diptera: Anthomyzidae A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Stiphrosoma cingulatum/Stiphrosoma cingulatuman anthomyzid flylarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedge larva feeds on
(live) live is parasitised by uredium Rare Puccinia caricina var pringsheimiana Gooseberry Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimianagooseberry rusturedium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgeliveRare uredium parasitises live
(live) live is parasitised by telium Rare Puccinia caricina var pringsheimiana Gooseberry Rust Pucciniales: Pucciniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Pucciniaceae/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimiana/Puccinia caricina var. pringsheimianagooseberry rusttelium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgeliveRare telium parasitises live
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/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgewindowedleaf (upper surface) (5-7(-10)adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)
leaf (newly dead) newly dead leaf is decayed by sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph Foreign Arthrinium sporophleum a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus Apiosporaceae British marsh and fen fungi. II, Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Apiosporaceae/Arthrinium sporophleum/Arthrinium sporophleuma dematiaceous anamorphic fungussporodochiumArthrinium dematiaceous anamorph Foodplant / saprobeForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgenewly deadleaf (3-4)sporodochium of Arthrinium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on newly dead leaf
stem (upper parts) stem (upper parts) is parasitised by scattered sporodochium Myriosclerotinia sulcatula a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/Myriosclerotinia sulcatulaa discomycetescatteredsporodochium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgestem (upper parts) (late summer)scattered sporodochium parasitises stem (upper parts)
stem stem is parasitised by sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium Myriosclerotinia sulcatula a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/Myriosclerotinia sulcatulaa discomycetesclerotioid, long and slender stalkedapothecium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgestem (4-6)sclerotioid, long and slender stalked apothecium parasitises stem
stem stem is parasitised by sclerotium Myriosclerotinia sulcatula a discomycete Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
 /Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Helotiales/Sclerotiniaceae/Myriosclerotinia sulcatula/Myriosclerotinia sulcatulaa discomycetesclerotium Foodplant / parasite /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex acuta/Carex acutaslender tufted-sedgestem (autumn onwards)sclerotium parasitises stem

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Ellis, M.B., Ellis, E.A. & Ellis, J.P., 1951British marsh and fen fungi. IITBMS Vol 34 (4): 497-514.
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Roháček, J., 2009A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.

Carex acuta (Slender Tufted-sedge) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCarex acuta (Slender Tufted-sedge)
GenusCarex (sedges)
FamilyCYPERACEAE (cotton-grasses, spike-rushes and sedges)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Carex acuta (Slender Tufted-sedge)

Carex acuta (Slender Tufted-sedge) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Carex acuta (Slender Tufted-sedge):

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