Vicia sylvatica L.
(Wood Vetch)

Interactions where Vicia sylvatica 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			Bruchus loti	a seed beetle	Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Bruchus loti/	Bruchus loti	a seed beetle				adult	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sylvatica/	Vicia sylvatica	wood vetch							(1-)summer(-12)	adult may be found on
(live)		live is parasitised by cleistothecium			Erysiphe baeumleri	Wood Vetch 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 baeumleri/	Erysiphe baeumleri	wood vetch mildew				cleistothecium	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sylvatica/	Vicia sylvatica	wood vetch		live						cleistothecium parasitises live
(live)		live is parasitised by abundant conidial anamorph			Erysiphe baeumleri	Wood Vetch 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 baeumleri/	Erysiphe baeumleri	wood vetch mildew		abundant		conidial anamorph	Foodplant / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sylvatica/	Vicia sylvatica	wood vetch		live						abundant conidial anamorph parasitises live
leaf (petiole)		leaf (petiole) is mined by solitary larva			Agromyza marionae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza marionae/	Agromyza marionae	a leaf-mining fly		solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sylvatica/	Vicia sylvatica	wood vetch			leaf (petiole)					solitary larva mines leaf (petiole)
stem		stem is mined by solitary larva			Agromyza marionae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza marionae/	Agromyza marionae	a leaf-mining fly		solitary		larva	Foodplant / miner			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sylvatica/	Vicia sylvatica	wood vetch			stem					solitary larva mines stem
stem		stem may have puparium			Agromyza marionae	a leaf-mining fly	Diptera: Agromyzidae	Diptera: Agromyzidae, Spencer, K.A., 1972	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Agromyzidae/Agromyza marionae/	Agromyza marionae	a leaf-mining fly				puparium	Plant / resting place / on			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Vicia sylvatica/	Vicia sylvatica	wood vetch			stem					puparium may be found on stem

Author & Year	Title	Source
Cox, M.L., 2007	Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland	336pp, Pisces Publications
Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997	Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook	2nd (New Enlarged) edition, 868pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Ing, B., 1990	An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews	Mycologist Vol 4 (1) et seq.
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

Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vicia
(vetches)

FABOIDEAE
(vetches, peas and beans)

EU-DICOTS
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Herbaceous Plants
(herbaceous plants)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch)
Genus	Vicia (vetches)
Subfamily	FABOIDEAE (vetches, peas and beans)
Family	FABACEAE (vetches, peas, beans, accacias, wattles and sennas)
Order	FABALES (vetches, peas, beans and milkworts)
Subclass	EU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
Class	MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
Phylum	TRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
Kingdom	PLANTAE (plants)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Vicia sylvatica is also a member of:
Herbaceous Plants - herbaceous plants (via Faboideae)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch)

Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Vicia
(vetches)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vicia sylvatica (Wood Vetch):

Vicia
(vetches)

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)

TRACHEOPHYTA
(vascular plants)

PLANTAE
(plants)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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