Spartina anglica C.E. Hubb.
(Common Cord-grass)

Interactions where Spartina anglica 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
		has sap sucked by			Prokelisia marginata	Cord-grass Planthopper	Hemiptera: Delphacidae	Cord-grass Planthopper Prokelisia marginata (Hemiptera:Delphaciae) sweeps into Kent, Badmin, J. & Witts, T., 2009	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Delphacidae/Prokelisia marginata/	Prokelisia marginata	cord-grass planthopper					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass								sucks sap of
		is decayed by ascocarp			Leptosphaeria marina	an ascomycete	Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard., Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Leptosphaeriaceae/Leptosphaeria marina/	Leptosphaeria marina	an ascomycete				ascocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass						Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		ascocarp is saprobic on
leaf (lower mid-upper)		leaf (lower mid-upper) is decayed by ascocarp			Anthostomella torosa	an ascomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard., Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella torosa/	Anthostomella torosa	an ascomycete				ascocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass			leaf (lower mid-upper)			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		ascocarp is saprobic on leaf (lower mid-upper)
leaf (lower-mid)		leaf (lower-mid) is decayed by ascocarp			Buergenerula spartinae	an ascomycete	Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard., Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Buergenerula spartinae/	Buergenerula spartinae	an ascomycete				ascocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass			leaf (lower-mid)			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		ascocarp is saprobic on leaf (lower-mid)
leaf (lower)		leaf (lower) is decayed by ascocarp			Lignincola laevis	an ascomycete fungus	Microascales: Halosphaeriaceae	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard., Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Halosphaeriaceae/Lignincola laevis/	Lignincola laevis	an ascomycete fungus				ascocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass			leaf (lower)			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		ascocarp is saprobic on leaf (lower)
ovary (live)		live ovary may be infected and damaged by ergot			Claviceps purpurea var spartinae	Feather Ergot	Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae	Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae var. nov.: an ergot adapted to the aquatic environment, Duncan Jr, R.A., Sullivan, R., Alderman, S.C., Spatafora, J.W. & White Jr, J.F., 2002	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Hypocreales/Clavicipitaceae/Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae/	Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae	feather ergot				ergot	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass		live	ovary					ergot infects and damages live ovary
stem (mid-upper)		stem (mid-upper) is decayed by ascocarp			Lignincola laevis	an ascomycete fungus	Microascales: Halosphaeriaceae	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard., Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Microascales/Halosphaeriaceae/Lignincola laevis/	Lignincola laevis	an ascomycete fungus				ascocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass			stem (mid-upper)			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		ascocarp is saprobic on stem (mid-upper)
stem (mid-upper)		stem (mid-upper) is decayed by ascocarp			Anthostomella torosa	an ascomycete	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard., Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Anthostomella torosa/	Anthostomella torosa	an ascomycete				ascocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass			stem (mid-upper)			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		ascocarp is saprobic on stem (mid-upper)
stem (upper)		stem (upper) is decayed by ascocarp			Buergenerula spartinae	an ascomycete	Magnaporthales: Magnaporthaceae	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard., Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Magnaporthales/Magnaporthaceae/Buergenerula spartinae/	Buergenerula spartinae	an ascomycete				ascocarp	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Spartina anglica/	Spartina anglica	common cord-grass			stem (upper)			Indoors, in greenhouse, captivity, culture or experimentally induced		ascocarp is saprobic on stem (upper)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Badmin, J. & Witts, T., 2009	Cord-grass Planthopper Prokelisia marginata (Hemiptera:Delphaciae) sweeps into Kent	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 22: 213-215.
Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J., 2006	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard.	Mycologist Vol 19 (1): 24-29.
Duncan Jr, R.A., Sullivan, R., Alderman, S.C., Spatafora, J.W. & White Jr, J.F., 2002	Claviceps purpurea var. spartinae var. nov.: an ergot adapted to the aquatic environment	Mycotaxon 81: 11-25.

Spartina anglica (Common Cord-grass) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Spartina
(cord-grasses)

POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Spartina anglica (Common Cord-grass)
Genus	Spartina (cord-grasses)
Tribe	Cynodonteae (a tribe of grasses)
Subfamily	CHLORIDOIDEAE (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 Spartina anglica (Common Cord-grass)

Spartina anglica (Common Cord-grass) may 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)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Cornick, J. Standwerth, A. & Fisher, P.J.	2006	A preliminary study of fungal endophyte diversity in a stable and declining bed of Spartina anglica Hubbard.	Mycologist Vol 19 (1): 24-29.
Lacambra, C., Cutts, N., Allen, J., Burd, F. & Elliott, M.	2004	Spartina anglica: a review of its status, dynamics and management	Research Reports, Report no 527, 70pp, English Nature

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Spartina anglica (Common Cord-grass):

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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