Tree
Bark |
Leaves |
Flowers |
Fruit |
|
Bark |
Leaves |
|
Flowers |
Fruit |
Height: <25m; Age: <100 yr
Ectomycorrhizal, Occasionally Arbuscular Mycorrhizal, Extrafloral Nectaries
Lacks Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - May
(Earliest: 12.4)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyanogenic Glycosides | Amygdalin, Prunasin | ||||
| Flavonoids | Aromadendrin, Catechin, Eriodictyol, Isosakuranetin,
Naringenin, Procyanidin, Taxifolin | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Benzoic, Coumaric, Gallic, Protocatechuic, & Salicylic
Acids, Methyl Syringate, Methyl Vanillate, Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Hedge Rows | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Several Syrphidae |
Empis sericans |
Rhamphomyia sulcata |
Zygoneura sciarina |
Byturus tomentosus | |||
| Parasites: |
Blumeriella jaapii |
Taphrina wiesneri |
Pucciniastrum areolatum |
Phellinus pomaceus |
Laetiporus sulphureus |
Coleophora hemerobiella |
Coleophora spinella |
Leucoptera malifoliella | |
Lyonetia clerkella |
Ectoedemia atricollis |
Stigmella oxyacanthella |
Rhamphus oxyacanthae Larva (Leaf Miner) | |
Deporaus betulae | ||||
| Possible Parasites: |
Inonotus hispidus |
Coleophora serratella |
Trachys minutus | |
| Herbivores: |
Aporia crataegi |
Nymphalis polychloros Larva |
Many Geometridae |
Several Noctuidae |
Hedya pruniana |
Pandemis cerasana |
Phalera bucephala |
Calliteara pudibunda | |
Yponomeuta padella |
Mimas tiliae Larva |
Malacosoma neustria |
Caliroa cerasi | |
Cladius brullei Larva |
Neurotoma saltuum |
Involvulus cupreus |
Phyllobius betulinus | |
| Possible Herbivores: |
Vanessa cardui |
Many Tortricidae |
Phlogophora meticulosa |
Several Tenthredinidae |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Several Curculionidae | |||
| Sapivores: |
Several Cicadellidae |
Aphis fabae |
Myzus cerasi |
Pentatoma rufipes |
Rhaphigaster nebulosa |
Deraeocoris flavilinea | |||
| Possible Sapivores: |
Several Miridae |
Edwardsiana frustrator |
Speudotettix subfusculus |
Palomena prasina |
Centrotus cornutus |
Thrips fuscipennis | |||
| Xylophages: |
Magdalis cerasi Larva (Wood Borer) |
Scolytus rugulosus (Wood Borer) |
Tetrops praeustus Larva (Wood Borer) | |
| Florivores: |
Eupithecia tripunctaria |
Pasiphila rectangulata Larva | ||
| Possible Florivores: |
Meligethes atratus Larva |
Meligethes flavimanus Larva | ||
| Frugivores: |
Nucifraga caryocatactes |
Argyresthia pruniella Larva |
Several Rhynchitidae Larvae |
Drosophila suzukii Larva |
| Granivores: |
Anthonomus rectirostris Larva | |||
| Bark Inhabitants: |
 | |||
| Wood Decomposers: |
Phellinus pomaceus |
Craterocolla cerasi |
Laetiporus sulphureus |
Xylaria polymorpha |
|
Tetrops praeustus Larva |
Angiosperm Generalists | |||
| Fruit Decomposers: |
Monilinia fructigena |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
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