Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.
(Western Hemlock, Western Hemlock-spruce)

Interactions where Tsuga heterophylla 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 be infected and damaged by Armillaria honey fungi Agaricales: Physalacriaceae British Parasitic Fungi, Moore, W.C., 1959
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Physalacriaceae/Armillaria/Armillariahoney fungi Foodplant / pathogen /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Tsuga heterophylla/Tsuga heterophyllawestern hemlock, western hemlock-spruce infects and damages
needle (dead, decayed) dead, decayed needle of litter is decayed by fruitbody Mycena capillaripes Pinkedge Bonnet Agaricales: Mycenaceae Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota, Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
 /Fungi/Basidiomycota/Agaricomycetes/Agaricales/Mycenaceae/Mycena capillaripes/Mycena capillaripespinkedge bonnetfruitbody Foodplant / saprobe /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Tsuga heterophylla/Tsuga heterophyllawestern hemlock, western hemlock-sprucedead, decayedneedlelitter fruitbody is saprobic on dead, decayed needle of litter

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

Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock, Western Hemlock-spruce) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock, Western Hemlock-spruce)
GenusTsuga (hemlocks)
FamilyPINACEAE (pines, firs, spruces, cedars, larches)
OrderPINALES (conifers)
ClassPINOPSIDA (conifers)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock, Western Hemlock-spruce)

Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock, Western Hemlock-spruce) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tsuga heterophylla (Western Hemlock, Western Hemlock-spruce):

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