Myrica gale L.
(Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale)
Genus	Myrica (a genus of flowering plants)
Family	MYRICACEAE (myrtles)
Order	FAGALES (forest trees)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Myrica gale is also a member of:
Broadleaved shrubs - broadleaved shrubs (via Myricaceae)
Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Myricaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Myricaceae)
Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - ectomycorrhizal or ectotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Broadleaved trees and shrubs - broadleaved trees and shrubs (via Ectomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Xylophytes - broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers (via Broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Trees and shrubs - trees and shrubs, including conifers (via Ectomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs - endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs (via Endomycorrhizal broadleaved trees and shrubs)
Endomycorrhizal plants - plants that form endomycorrhiza (via Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs)
Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants - trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers (via Broadleaved shrubs)
Broadleaved trees - broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees (via Fagales)
Trees - broadleaved and coniferous trees (via Broadleaved trees)

Records of Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale) :
1: Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale)
22 Mar 2016	OSGR: SU00	50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
just coming into flower . Photos: pollen

2: Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale)
13 Apr 2005	OSGR: SU20	50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: South Hants (VC 11)	England


3: Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale)
14 Oct 1998	OSGR: SU20	50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W	Vice County: South Hants (VC 11)	England

Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

FAGALES
(forest trees)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

Trees, shrubs, woody and climbing plants
(trees, shrubs, subshrubs and climbers, including conifers)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 31 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Myrica gale (Bog Myrtle, Bog-myrtle, Sweet Gale)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Myrica gale is also a member of:

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