Ulmus glabra Huds.
(Wych Elm)

Interactions where Ulmus glabra 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
		is associate of			Anthocoris simulans	a flower bug	Hemiptera: Anthocoridae		/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Anthocoris simulans/	Anthocoris simulans	a flower bug					Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm					Minor			is associated with
		is foodplant of			Orthotylus viridinervis	a plantbug or grassbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Orthotylus (Orthotylus) viridinervis/	Orthotylus (Orthotylus) viridinervis	a plantbug or grassbug					Foodplant / feeds on		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm								feeds on
		has sap sucked by adult			Psallodema fieberi	a plantbug or grassbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallodema fieberi/	Psallodema fieberi	a plantbug or grassbug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm							(late 6-end 7)	adult sucks sap of
		has sap sucked by nymph			Psallodema fieberi	a plantbug or grassbug	Hemiptera: Miridae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallodema fieberi/	Psallodema fieberi	a plantbug or grassbug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm								nymph sucks sap of
		is parasitised by			Erysiphe ulmi	Elm Mildew	Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews, Ing, B., 1990	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Leotiomycetes/Erysiphales/Erysiphaceae/Erysiphe ulmi/	Erysiphe ulmi	elm mildew					Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm								parasitises
(live)		live has sap sucked by			Tinocallis takachihoensis	an aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Prociphilus fraxinifolii (Hempitera: Aphididae) a species new to Britain, Baker, E.A. & Martin, J.H., 2011	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis/	Tinocallis (Sappocallis) takachihoensis	an aphid					Foodplant / sap sucker		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		live						sucks sap of live
leaf (bloated-galled)		bloated-galled leaf is galled by fundatrix			Eriosoma ulmi	Elm-currant Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Eriosoma ulmi/	Eriosoma ulmi	elm-currant aphid				fundatrix	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		bloated-galled	leaf				(5-6)	fundatrix causes gall of bloated-galled leaf
leaf (bloated-galled)		bloated-galled leaf is galled by fundatrigenia			Eriosoma ulmi	Elm-currant Aphid	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Eriosoma ulmi/	Eriosoma ulmi	elm-currant aphid				fundatrigenia	Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		bloated-galled	leaf				(5-6)	fundatrigenia causes gall of bloated-galled leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is parasitised by immersed, stromatic pseudothecium			Dothidella ulmi	an ascomycete	Polystomellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Polystomellaceae/Dothidella ulmi/	Dothidella ulmi	an ascomycete		immersed, stromatic		pseudothecium	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		dead, fallen	leaf				(1-4)	immersed, stromatic pseudothecium parasitises dead, fallen leaf
leaf (dead, fallen)		dead, fallen leaf is parasitised by subepidermal stroma			Dothidella ulmi	an ascomycete	Polystomellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Polystomellaceae/Dothidella ulmi/	Dothidella ulmi	an ascomycete		subepidermal		stroma	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		dead, fallen	leaf				(1-4)	subepidermal stroma parasitises dead, fallen leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is galled by			Tetraneura ulmi	Fig Gall	Hemiptera: Aphididae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Tetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi/	Tetraneura (Tetraneura) ulmi	fig gall					Foodplant / gall		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		live	leaf					causes gall of live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is spotted by hypophyllous acervulus of Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph			Mycosphaerella ulmi	an ascomycete	Capnodiales: Mycosphaerellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Capnodiales/Mycosphaerellaceae/Mycosphaerella ulmi/	Mycosphaerella ulmi	an ascomycete		hypophyllous	acervulus	Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / spot causer			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		live	leaf				(9-10)	hypophyllous acervulus of Phloeospora coelomycetous anamorph causes spots on live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf may be infected and damaged by amphigenous colony of Mycocentrospora anamorph			Mycocentrospora acerina	Carrot Liquorice Rot, Celery Crown or Crown and Stalk Rot (causative organisms)	Pleosporales	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1, Braun, U., 1995	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Pleosporales/Mycocentrospora acerina/	Mycocentrospora acerina	carrot liquorice rot, celery crown or crown and stalk rot (causative organisms)		amphigenous	colony	Mycocentrospora anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		live	leaf					amphigenous colony of Mycocentrospora anamorph infects and damages live leaf
leaf (live)		live leaf is parasitised by epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Piggotia coelomycetous anamorph			Dothidella ulmi	an ascomycete	Polystomellaceae	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook, Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Dothideomycetes/Polystomellaceae/Dothidella ulmi/	Dothidella ulmi	an ascomycete		epiphyllous, subcuticular	acervulus	Piggotia coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / parasite			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		live	leaf				(6-9)	epiphyllous, subcuticular acervulus of Piggotia coelomycetous anamorph parasitises live leaf
trunk		trunk is decayed by fruitbody			Hericium coralloides	Coral Tooth	Russulales: Hericiaceae	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/Russulales/Hericiaceae/Hericium coralloides/	Hericium coralloides	coral tooth				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm			trunk		Rare			fruitbody is saprobic on trunk
twig (live, cankered)		live, cankered twig may be infected and damaged by Plectophomella coelomycetous anamorph			Plectophomella concentrica	a coelomycete		Plectophomella concentrica on Ulmus procera, Greig, B.J.W. & Redfern, D.B., 1987	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Plectophomella concentrica/	Plectophomella concentrica	a coelomycete				Plectophomella coelomycetous anamorph	Foodplant / pathogen		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		live, cankered	twig					Plectophomella coelomycetous anamorph infects and damages live, cankered twig
wood		wood is decayed by superficial stroma			Daldinia concentrica	King Alfred’s Cake, Cramp-ball	Xylariales: Xylariaceae	Daldinia concentrica versus Daldinia vernicosa, Whalley, A.J.S. & Watling, R., 1980	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Sordariomycetes/Xylariales/Xylariaceae/Daldinia concentrica/	Daldinia concentrica	King Alfred’s cake, cramp-ball		superficial		stroma	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm			wood		Rare			superficial stroma is saprobic on wood
wood (dead)		dead wood is decayed by fruitbody			Athelia salicum	a resupinate fungus	Atheliales: Atheliaceae	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/Atheliales/Atheliaceae/Athelia salicum/	Athelia salicum	a resupinate fungus				fruitbody	Foodplant / saprobe		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Ulmaceae/Ulmus glabra/	Ulmus glabra	wych elm		dead	wood					fruitbody is saprobic on dead wood

Author & Year	Title	Source
Baker, E.A. & Martin, J.H., 2011	Prociphilus fraxinifolii (Hempitera: Aphididae) a species new to Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 221-223, Plate 15.
Braun, U., 1995	Monograph of Cercosporella, Ramularia and Allied Genera - Vol 1	Phytopathogenic Hyphomycetes, 1, 333pp, IHW-Verlag
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Fjelddalen, J., 1964	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962	Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Greig, B.J.W. & Redfern, D.B., 1987	Plectophomella concentrica on Ulmus procera	TBMS Vol 89 (3): 399.
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Whalley, A.J.S. & Watling, R., 1980	Daldinia concentrica versus Daldinia vernicosa	TBMS Vol 74 (2): 399-406.

Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Ulmus
(elms)

ULMACEAE
(elms)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Trees with bark of high pH
(basic-barked trees)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm)
Genus	Ulmus (elms)
Family	ULMACEAE (elms)
Order	ROSALES (roses, elms, nettles, hops, buckthorns and figs)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
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 Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm)

Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ulmus
(elms)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Larsson, P.	2003	The lichen flora on decorticated logs of Ulmus glabra	34pp

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm):

Ulmus
(elms)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Trees
(broadleaved and coniferous trees)

Broadleaved trees
(broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees)

Broadleaved trees and shrubs
(broadleaved trees and shrubs)

Trees and shrubs
(trees and shrubs, including conifers)

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

Xylophytes
(broadleaved trees, shrubs and woody climbers)

Endomycorrhizal trees and shrubs
(endomycorrhizal or endotrophic mycorrhizal trees and shrubs)

Endomycorrhizal plants
(plants that form endomycorrhiza)

BioImages

BioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 37 images of Ulmus glabra (Wych Elm)

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