Picea rubens Sarg.
(Red Spruce)

Interactions where Picea rubens 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
needle (first year) (live) live needle (first year) is parasitised by hypophyllous telium UK/Ireland Chrysomyxa abietis Spruce Needle Cushion Rust Pucciniales: Coleosporiaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
Chrysomyxa abietis, Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Pucciniomycetes/Pucciniales/Coleosporiaceae/Chrysomyxa abietis/Chrysomyxa abietisspruce needle cushion rusthypophylloustelium Foodplant / parasiteUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea rubens/Picea rubensred spruceliveneedle (first year) (3-5)hypophyllous telium parasitises live needle (first year)

Author & YearTitleSource
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
Moore, W.C., 1959British Parasitic Fungi430pp, Cambridge University Press
Mordue, J.E.M. & Gibson, I.A.S., 1978Chrysomyxa abietisI.M.I. Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria CMI Descriptions of Pathenogenic Fungi and Bacteria Sheet 576.

Picea rubens (Red Spruce) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPicea rubens (Red Spruce)
GenusPicea (spruces)
FamilyPINACEAE (pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
OrderPINALES (conifers)
ClassPINOPSIDA (conifers)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Picea rubens (Red Spruce) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Picea rubens (Red Spruce):

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