Sparganium L.
(bur-reeds)

Interactions where Sparganium 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
is foodplant of adult UK/Ireland Plateumaris rustica 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 rustica/Plateumaris rusticaa reed beetleadult Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reeds (4-7(-9)adult feeds on
may have adult Major Plateumaris sericea 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 sericea/Plateumaris sericeaa reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsMajor (1-)6(-12)adult may be found on
leaf (surface) leaf (surface) is grazed by adult Donacia simplex 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 simplex/Donacia simplexa reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsleaf (surface) (3-9(-11)adult grazes on leaf (surface)
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 versicoloreaa reed beetleadult Plant / resting place / on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsleaf (5-)7-8(-10)adult may be found on leaf
leaf leaf is grazed by 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 vulgarisa reed beetleadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsleaf adult grazes on leaf
leaf (live, underwater) live, underwater leaf is grazed by mobile cased caterpillar UK/Ireland Nymphula nitidulata Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Nymphula nitidulata/Nymphula nitidulatabeautiful china mark, beautiful china-markcaterpillar Foodplant / mobile cased feederUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedslive, underwaterleaf (autumn, spring)caterpillar grazes in mobile case on live, underwater leaf
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by caterpillar UK/Ireland Nymphula nitidulata Beautiful China Mark, Beautiful China-mark Lepidoptera: Crambidae A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the Midlands, Robbins, R., 1990
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Crambidae/Nymphula nitidulata/Nymphula nitidulatabeautiful china mark, beautiful china-markcaterpillar Foodplant / minerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsliveleaf (autumn, spring)caterpillar mines live 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 sparganellareed smudgecaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsliveleaf (spring+)caterpillar mines live leaf
stem? stem? is foodplant of larva UK/Ireland Thryogenes scirrhosus a weevil Coleoptera: Erirhinidae True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to Smicronychinae, Morris, M.G., 2002
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Erirhinidae/Thryogenes scirrhosus/Thryogenes scirrhosusa weevillarva Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Sparganium/Sparganiumbur-reedsstem? larva feeds on stem?

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications
Morris, M.G., 2002True Weevils (Part I): Family Curculionidae, subfamilies Raymondionyminae to SmicronychinaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 17b, 149pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Robbins, R., 1990A Provisional Atlas of The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire, with notes on others occurring in the MidlandsBenchmark Atlas Series, 1991? edition, 181pp, Warwickshire Museum Service

Sparganium (bur-reeds) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Sparganium angustifolium
Floating Bur-reed
Species 2 trophisms
Sparganium emersum
Unbranched Bur-reed
Species 3 trophisms
Sparganium erectum
Branched Bur-reed
Species 1 subtaxa 31 trophisms
Sparganium natans
Least Bur-reed
Species 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusSparganium (bur-reeds)
FamilyTYPHACEAE (bulrushes)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sparganium (bur-reeds)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Sparganium Yeo, P.F. Acaena, taxa with spherical heads, Plant Crib 2012
() Lansdown R.V. & Pankhurst T.J. Field Guide to the Identification of Difficult Aquatic Plants of the New Forest

Sparganium (bur-reeds) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sparganium (bur-reeds):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 17 images of Sparganium (bur-reeds)
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