Typha angustifolia L.
(Lesser Bulrush)

Interactions where Typha angustifolia 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
leaf (upper surface) (windowed)		windowed leaf (upper surface) is grazed by adult			Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		windowed	leaf (upper surface)		Major		(3-)4-7(-11)	adult grazes on windowed leaf (upper surface)
leaf-sheath (dead, often insect damaged)		dead, often insect damaged leaf-sheath is decayed by larva			Typhamyza bifasciata	an anthomyzid fly	Diptera: Anthomyzidae	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2, Roháček, J., 2009	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Anthomyzidae/Typhamyza bifasciata/	Typhamyza bifasciata	an anthomyzid fly				larva	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		dead, often insect damaged	leaf-sheath					larva is saprobic on dead, often insect damaged leaf-sheath
leaf (dead)		dead leaf is decayed by covered, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph			Septoria menispora	a leaf-spot fungus	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Septoria menispora/	Septoria menispora	a leaf-spot fungus		covered, black	pycnidium	Septoria coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		dead	leaf				(3-4)	covered, black pycnidium of Septoria coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on dead leaf
leaf (sometimes locally discoloured)		sometimes locally discoloured leaf is decayed by often numerous, immersed, black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph			Stagonospora typhoidearum	a coelomycete	Pleosporales: Phaeosphaeriaceae	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia, Grove, W.B., 1935	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Phaeosphaeriaceae/Stagonospora typhoidearum/	Stagonospora typhoidearum	a coelomycete		often numerous, immersed, black	pycnidium	Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		sometimes locally discoloured	leaf					often numerous, immersed, black pycnidium of Stagonospora coelomycetous anamorph is saprobic on sometimes locally discoloured leaf
root		root is foodplant of larva			Donacia thalassina	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 thalassina/	Donacia thalassina	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush			root					larva feeds on root
root		root is foodplant of larva			Donacia vulgaris	a reed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992 Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia vulgaris/	Donacia vulgaris	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush			root					larva feeds on root
root (buried)		buried root is foodplant of gregarious larva			Macroplea appendiculata	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/Macroplea appendiculata/	Macroplea appendiculata	a reed beetle		gregarious		larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		buried	root					gregarious larva feeds on buried root
roots		roots is foodplant of larva			Donacia cinerea	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 cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush	?		roots					larva feeds on roots
roots		roots may house cocoon			Donacia cinerea	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 cinerea/	Donacia cinerea	a reed beetle				cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush			roots					cocoon may be found among roots
roots		roots may house subaquatic cocoon			Macroplea appendiculata	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/Macroplea appendiculata/	Macroplea appendiculata	a reed beetle		subaquatic		cocoon	Plant / resting place / among			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush			roots					subaquatic cocoon may be found among roots
stem (just above waterline) (dead)		dead stem (just above waterline) is decayed by fruitbody			Psathyrella typhae	a brittlestem	Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae	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/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella typhae/	Psathyrella typhae	a brittlestem				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		dead	stem (just above waterline)		Major			fruitbody is saprobic on dead stem (just above waterline)
stem (just above waterline) (live)		live stem (just above waterline) is decayed by fruitbody			Psathyrella typhae	a brittlestem	Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae	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/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella typhae/	Psathyrella typhae	a brittlestem				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		live	stem (just above waterline)		Major			fruitbody is saprobic on live stem (just above waterline)
stem (just above waterline) (moribund)		moribund stem (just above waterline) is decayed by fruitbody			Psathyrella typhae	a brittlestem	Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae	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/Psathyrellaceae/Psathyrella typhae/	Psathyrella typhae	a brittlestem				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha angustifolia/	Typha angustifolia	lesser bulrush		moribund	stem (just above waterline)		Major			fruitbody is saprobic on moribund stem (just above waterline)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Bullock, J.A., 1992	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations	11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Grove, W.B., 1935	British Stem- and Leaf- Fungi: Coelomycetes Vol. I … Sphaeropsidales with hyaline conidia	Vol I, 488pp, Cambridge University Press
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota	517pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Roháček, J., 2009	A monograph of Palaearctic Anthomyzidae (Diptera), Part 2	Cas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A) Vol 58, Supp 1.

Typha angustifolia (Lesser Bulrush) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Typha
(bulrushes, reedmaces)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

aquatic plants
(aquatic plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Typha angustifolia (Lesser Bulrush)
Genus	Typha (bulrushes, reedmaces)
Family	TYPHACEAE (bulrushes)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Typha angustifolia is also a member of:
aquatic plants - aquatic plants (via Typhaceae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Typha angustifolia (Lesser Bulrush)

Typha angustifolia (Lesser Bulrush) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Typha
(bulrushes, reedmaces)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

aquatic plants
(aquatic plants)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Typha angustifolia (Lesser Bulrush):

Typha
(bulrushes, reedmaces)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

aquatic plants
(aquatic plants)

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