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    The Ericaceae (/ˌɛrɪˈkeɪsi.aɪ, -iː/) are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and...
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    classified in the family Monotropaceae, but is now included within the Ericaceae. It is of ephemeral occurrence, depending on the right conditions (moisture...
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    Rhododendron (category Ericaceae genera)
    large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae). They can be either evergreen or deciduous. Most species are native to...
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    This is a list of genera in the plant family Ericaceae, which includes the heaths, heathers, epacrids, and blueberries. As currently circumscribed, the...
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    Pyrolaceae, but now included within the subfamily Monotropoideae of the family Ericaceae. It is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and is...
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    referred to as monotropes, are a flowering plant subfamily in the family Ericaceae. Members of this subfamily are notable for their mycoheterotrophic and...
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    Huckleberry (category Ericaceae)
    Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: Vaccinium and Gaylussacia. The name 'huckleberry'...
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    Monotropastrum humile (category Ericaceae stubs)
    Monotropastrum humile is a species of myco-heterotrophic plant of the family Ericaceae, distributed throughout eastern Asia, from the Himalayas to the Islands...
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    Erica (plant) (category Ericaceae genera)
    Erica is a genus of roughly 857 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. The English common names heath and heather are shared by some closely...
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    low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium in the flowering plant family Ericaceae that bear edible, dark blue berries. The species most often referred to...
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    ground-berry or prickly honeypots, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to south-eastern, continental Australia. It is an erect...
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    Monotropa (category Ericaceae genera)
    classified in the family Monotropaceae and presently are classified in Ericaceae. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere and are...
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    temperate regions. The entire order contains over 8,000 species, of which the Ericaceae account for 2,000–4,000 species (by various estimates). The most commercially...
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    350 Eudicot Malvaceae mallow 4,225 Monocot Araceae arum 4,025 Eudicot Ericaceae heath 3,995 Eudicot Gesneriaceae gesneriad 3,870 Eudicot Apiaceae or Umbelliferae...
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    calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States. Its range stretches from...
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    Gaultheria shallon is an evergreen shrub in the heather family (Ericaceae), native to western North America. In English, it is known as salal, shallon...
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    Arbutus (category Ericaceae genera)
    Arbutus is a genus of 12 accepted species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to temperate regions of the Mediterranean, western Europe, the...
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    cranberry or cowberry, is a small evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae, that bears edible fruit. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra...
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    is a Eurasian and North American flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. Vaccinium uliginosum is a small deciduous shrub growing to 10–75 centimetres...
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    arbutus in Canada), is a species of broadleaf evergreen tree in the family Ericaceae. It has waxy foliage, a contorted growth habit, and flaky bark. It is...
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    Alaska, blackberry, is a flowering plant species in the heather family Ericaceae with a near circumboreal distribution in the Northern Hemisphere. It is...
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    the cross-leaved heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to western Europe. It is a perennial subshrub with glandular leaves...
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    to southeastern Manitoba, and south to Alabama. It is a member of the Ericaceae (heath family). G. procumbens is a small, low-growing shrub, typically...
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    Primulaceae Theaceae Symplocaceae Diapensiaceae Styracaceae Sarraceniaceae Roridulaceae Actinidiaceae Clethraceae Cyrillaceae Ericaceae Mitrastemonaceae...
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    Enkianthus (category Ericaceae)
    Enkianthus is a genus of shrubs or small trees in the heath family (Ericaceae). Its native range is in Asia, as far west as the eastern Himalayas, as...
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  • Monotropa hypopitys (also known as yellow bird's-nest or pinesap) from the Ericaceae This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic...
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    on empty stomachs. Rhododendron species and other plants in the family Ericaceae produce grayanotoxins. Honey made from the nectar contains pollen from...
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    Primulaceae Theaceae Symplocaceae Diapensiaceae Styracaceae Sarraceniaceae Roridulaceae Actinidiaceae Clethraceae Cyrillaceae Ericaceae Mitrastemonaceae...
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    name bog-rosemary, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, native to northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere. It is the only member...
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    A list of prehistoric and extinct species whose fossils have been found in the La Brea Tar Pits, located in present-day Hancock Park, a city park on the...
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