Tree
Bark |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
|
Bark |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: <30 m, Age: <500 yr
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Monoecious, Flowering May
(Earliest: 9.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phenolics | Gallic Acid, Tannins | ||||
| Amino Acids | Hypoglycin | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Beech Forest Edge |
Hedge Rows | ||
| Seed Dispersal: | Wind | |||
| Parasites: |
Rhytisma acerinum |
Sawadaea bicornis |
Taphrina pseudoplatani |
Cerrena unicolor |
Inonotus cuticularis |
Caloptilia rufipennella |
Cameraria ohridella |
Bucculatrix thoracella | |
Incurvaria pectinea |
Heterarthrus aceris |
Heterarthrus cuneifrons |
Drisina glutinosa | |
Byctiscus betulae Larva |
Aceria cephalonea |
Aceria pseudoplatani | ||
| Herbivores: |
Many Geometridae |
Many Noctuidae |
Several Tortricidae |
Calliteara pudibunda |
Carcina quercana Larva |
Phalera bucephala |
Ypsolopha sequella Larva |
Pamphilius alternans Larva | |
Archarius vicetinus | ||||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Mimas tiliae Larva |
Craesus septentrionalis |
Several Curculionidae |
Melolontha melolontha | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Several Miridae |
Aulacorthum solani |
Periphyllus acericola |
Palomena prasina |
Pentatoma rufipes |
Aphrophora alni |
Pulvinaria hydrangeae | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Several Miridae |
Ledra aurita |
Cixius nervosus |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale |
| Xylophages: |
Hylesinus fraxini Larva (Wood Borer) |
Otiorhynchus coecus Larva |
Agrilus viridis Larva (Wood Borer) |
Anthaxia salicis Larva (Wood Borer) |
Stenurella melanura Larva (Wood Borer) |
Chyliza leptogaster Larva | |||
| Possible Xylophages: |
Dinoptera collaris Larva | |||
| Granivores: |
Apodemus sylvaticus |
Pammene aurita Larva |
Pammene regiana Larva |
Neolygus viridis |
| Possible Granivores: |
Miris striatus |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | ||
| Bark Inhabitants: |
Parmelia sulcata |
Pertusaria albescens |
Phlyctis argena |
Buellia griseovirens |
Violella fucata |
Arthonia vinosa |
Mycena erubescens |
Hypnum cupressiforme | |
| Wood Decomposers: |
Coprinellus domesticus |
Calocera glossoides |
Xylaria longipes |
Xylaria polymorpha |
Lonchaea scutellaris Larva |
Angiosperm Generalists | |||
| Leaf Decomposers: |
Pilidium acerinum |
Crocicreas subhyalinum |
Rhytisma acerinum |
Gnomonia cerastis |
Angiosperm Generalists |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Sycamore
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