Tree
Bark |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Bark |
Leaf |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: <6m; Age: <80 yr
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering March - May
(Earliest: 7.4)
| Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Andrena haemorrhoa |
Bombus terrestris |
Eristalis pertinax |
Helophilus pendulus |
Scathophaga stercoraria |
Calliphora vicina | |||
| Mycorrhizae: |
Hebeloma crustuliniforme | |||
| Parasites: |
Blumeriella jaapii |
Pucciniastrum areolatum |
Several Coleophoridae |
Leucoptera malifoliella |
Lyonetia clerkella |
Parornix torquillella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Phyllonorycter spinicolella |
Stigmella oxyacanthella | |
Stigmella plagicolella |
Bucculatrix bechsteinella Larva (Leaf Miner) |
Several Rhynchitidae Larvae |
Several Curculionidae Larvae | |
| Possible Parasites: |
Inonotus hispidus |
Coleophora serratella |
Trachys minutus | |
| Herbivores: |
Aporia crataegi |
Several Erebidae |
Many Geometridae |
Several Lasiocampidae |
Many Noctuidae |
Many Tortricidae |
Scythropia crataegella |
Yponomeuta padella | |
Saturnia pavonia |
Carcina quercana Larva |
Diurnea fagella |
Nola confusalis | |
Stauropus fagi Larva |
Udea prunalis |
Cilix glaucata Larva |
Ypsolopha horridella | |
Diurnea fagella Larva |
Argyresthia albistria Larva |
Several Pamphiliidae |
Caliroa cerasi | |
Nematus lucidus |
Several Curculionidae |
Lochmaea caprea |
Lochmaea crataegi | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Vanessa cardui |
Many Tortricidae |
Phlogophora meticulosa |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Several Curculionidae | |||
| Sapivores: |
Several Aphididae |
Several Cicadellidae |
Several Miridae |
Cixius simplex |
Tachycixius pilosus |
Aphrophora alni |
Rhaphigaster nebulosa |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale | |
Cixius nervosus | ||||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Several Miridae |
Edwardsiana frustrator |
Speudotettix subfusculus |
Palomena prasina |
Centrotus cornutus |
Thrips fuscipennis | |||
| Xylophages: |
Magdalis ruficornis Larva (Wood Borer) |
Scolytus rugulosus (Wood Borer) |
Haplorhynchites caeruleus Larva |
Tetrops praeustus Larva (Wood Borer) |
Chyliza leptogaster Larva | ||||
| Florivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Argyresthia spinosella Larva | ||
| Possible Florivores: |
Meligethes atratus Larva |
Meligethes flavimanus Larva | ||
| Frugivores: |
Involvulus cupreus Larva |
Tatianaerhynchites aequatus |
Several Miridae |
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale |
Drosophila suzukii Larva | ||||
| Granivores: |
Anthonomus rectirostris Larva | |||
| Wood Decomposers: |
Tetrops praeustus Larva |
Angiosperm Generalists | ||
| Fruit Decomposers: |
Monilinia fructigena |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Blackthorn
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