Glyceria R. Br.
(sweet-grasses)

Interactions where Glyceria 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
		may have adult			Donacia simplex	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 simplex/	Donacia simplex	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses							(3-9(-11)	adult may be found on
		is foodplant of larva			Bagous tubulus	a weevil	Coleoptera: Curculionidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Curculionidae/Bagous tubulus/	Bagous tubulus	a weevil				larva	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses								larva feeds on
		may have larva			Baliothrips dispar	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				larva	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses					Major		(6-9)	larva may be found on
		may have male			Baliothrips dispar	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				male	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses					Major		(6-12)	male may be found on
		may have female			Baliothrips dispar	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Baliothrips dispar/	Baliothrips dispar	a thrips				female	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses					Major		(1-12)	female may be found on
		is decayed by stalked sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph			Myrothecium masonii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus	Hypocreales: Stachybotryaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Stachybotryaceae/Myrothecium masonii/	Myrothecium masonii	a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus		stalked	sporodochium	Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses								stalked sporodochium of Myrothecium dematiaceous anamorph is saprobic on
(live)		live may have female apter			Hemianaphothrips articulosus	a thrips	Thysanoptera: Thripidae	Thysanoptera, Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Hemianaphothrips articulosus/	Hemianaphothrips articulosus	a thrips				female apter	Plant / resting place / on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses	?	live						female apter may be found on live
leaf		leaf is grazed by larva			Donacia semicuprea	a reed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Donacia semicuprea/	Donacia semicuprea	a reed beetle				larva	Foodplant / open feeder			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			leaf					larva grazes on leaf
leaf		leaf may have adult			Donacia versicolorea	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 versicolorea/	Donacia versicolorea	a reed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			leaf				(5-)7-8(-10)	adult may be found on leaf
leaf		leaf may have adult			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				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			leaf					adult may be found on leaf
leaf		leaf is mined by larva			Agromyza nigrella	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza nigrella/	Agromyza nigrella	a leaf-mining fly				larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			leaf					larva mines leaf
leaf		leaf is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph			Glomerella graminicola	an ascomycete	Glomerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Glomerella graminicola/	Glomerella graminicola	an ascomycete			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			leaf					acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is mined by caterpillar			Orthotelia sparganella	Reed Smudge	Lepidoptera: Glyphipterigidae	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Glyphipterigidae/Orthotelia sparganella/	Orthotelia sparganella	reed smudge				caterpillar	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses		live	leaf				(spring+)	caterpillar mines live leaf
pollen?		pollen? is foodplant of adult			Plateumaris discolor	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/Plateumaris discolor/	Plateumaris discolor	a reed beetle				adult	Foodplant / feeds on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			pollen?				(3-)6(-12)	adult feeds on pollen?
root hair (live)		live root hair is parasitised by			Sorosphaeria radicalis	a protozoan slime-mould	Plasmodiophorida: Plasmodiophoridae	Fungi of the South East England, Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	/Protozoa/Cercozoa/Phytomyxea/Plasmodiophorida/Plasmodiophoridae/Sorosphaeria radicalis/	Sorosphaeria radicalis	a protozoan slime-mould					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses		live	root hair					parasitises live root hair
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/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses			root					larva feeds on root
stem (dead)		dead stem is spotted by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph			Glomerella graminicola	an ascomycete	Glomerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Glomerellaceae/Glomerella graminicola/	Glomerella graminicola	an ascomycete			acervulus	Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Glyceria/	Glyceria	sweet-grasses		dead	stem		Minor			acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on dead stem

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
Dennis, R.W.G., 1995	Fungi of the South East England	383pp, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Mound L.A., Morison, G.D., Pitkin, B.R. & Palmer, J.M., 1976	Thysanoptera	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 1, part 11, 79pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Robbins, R., 1990	A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands	Benchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service
Spencer, K.A., 1972	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 5(g), 136pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Glyceria (sweet-grasses) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Subtaxon				Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
Glyceria declinata Small Sweet-grass				Species		4 trophisms
Glyceria fluitans Floating Sweet-grass				Species		19 trophisms
Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet-grass				Species		91 trophisms
Glyceria notata Plicate Sweet-grass				Species		5 trophisms

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Genus	Glyceria (sweet-grasses)
Tribe	Meliceae (sweet grasses and melicks)
Subfamily	POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses)
Family	POACEAE (grasses, couch)
Order	POALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Glyceria (sweet-grasses)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Adams, K.J. & Rich, T.G.C.		Glyceria	Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
	Lambert, J.M.		The British species of Glyceria	Warburg, E.F. Cytology and critical groups, 6pp, British Flowering Plants and Modern Systematic Methods
()	Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J.		Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Glyceria (sweet-grasses) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Glyceria (sweet-grasses):

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

POALES
(grasses, sedges & rushes)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

BioImages

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