Trees
Bark |
Leaf |
Male Flowers |
Female Flowers |
|
Bark |
Leaf |
|
Male Flowers |
Female Flowers |
Height: <30 m
Ectomycorrhizal, Extrafloral Nectaries
Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Dioecious, Flowering April
(Earliest: 20.3)
| Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows | |||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Seed Dispersal: | Wind | |||
| Mycorrhizae: |
Several Hymenogastraceae |
Many Inocybaceae |
Several Tricholomataceae |
Cortinarius hinnuleus |
Cortinarius saturninus |
Entoloma majaloides |
Lactarius evosmus |
Lactarius fulvissimus | |
Hortiboletus bubalinus |
Suillellus luridus |
Scleroderma bovista | ||
| Parasites: |
Drepanopeziza populorum |
Drepanopeziza punctiformis |
Erysiphe adunca |
Melampsora allii-populina |
Inonotus cuticularis |
Stigmella assimilella |
Gypsonoma dealbana |
Agromyza albitarsis | |
Aulagromyza populicola |
Several Curculionidae |
Byctiscus populi Larva |
Temnocerus tomentosus Larva | |
Saperda populnea Larva (Branch Gall) |
Zeugophora scutellaris | |||
| Possible Parasites: |
Several Polyporaceae |
Bjerkandera fumosa |
Sarcodontia spumea |
Inonotus hispidus |
Caloptilia stigmatella Larva |
Coleophora serratella | |||
| Herbivores: |
Several Nymphalidae Larvae |
Several Erebidae |
Several Geometridae |
Many Noctuidae Larvae |
Many Notodontidae |
Ancylis laetana Larva |
Gypsonoma sociana Larva |
Tethea or Larva | |
Laothoe populi Larva |
Poecilocampa populi |
Nematus pavidus |
Pristiphora conjugata | |
Many Chrysomelidae |
Phyllobius pyri | |||
| Possible Herbivores: |
Several Erebidae |
Several Geometridae |
Many Tortricidae |
Acronicta alni Larva |
Ochropacha duplaris |
Cossus cossus |
Cerura erminea |
Malacosoma neustria | |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Trichiosoma tibiale |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Several Curculionidae | |
Melolontha melolontha | ||||
| Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Deraeocoris lutescens |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | |
| Possible Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Several Miridae |
Rhaphigaster nebulosa |
Pentatoma rufipes |
Aphrophora alni |
Tachycixius pilosus |
Pulvinaria hydrangeae |
Cixius nervosus | |
| Xylophages: |
Paranthrene tabaniformis Larva |
Scolytus intricatus | ||
| Possible Xylophages: |
Dinoptera collaris Larva |
Agrilus viridis Larva (Wood Borer) | ||
| Florivores: |
Xanthia icteritia Larva |
Dorytomus dejeani | ||
| Possible Florivores: |
Xanthia togata Larva |
Gypsonoma dealbana Larva |
Gelechia muscosella Larva | |
| Granivores: |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | |||
| Bark Inhabitants: |
Ramalina farinacea |
Ochrolechia microstictoides |
Phlyctis argena |
Gnophomyia viridipennis Larva |
| Wood Decomposers: |
Hemipholiota populnea |
Pleurotus ostreatus |
Pleurotus pulmonarius |
Pluteus umbrosus |
Mycena tintinnabulum |
Pholiota tuberculosa |
Myxarium nucleatum |
Several Polyporaceae | |
|
Bjerkandera fumosa |
Sarcodontia delectans |
Trypophloeus asperatus |
Ampedus pomonae Larva | |
Angiosperm Generalists | ||||
| Leaf Decomposers: |
Phyllosticta populina |
Drepanopeziza populorum |
Drepanopeziza punctiformis |
Venturia populina |
Discosia artocreas |
Chalara aurea |
Angiosperm Generalists |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
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