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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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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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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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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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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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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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. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra throughout the Northern...
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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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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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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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Primulaceae Theaceae Symplocaceae Diapensiaceae Styracaceae Sarraceniaceae Roridulaceae Actinidiaceae Clethraceae Cyrillaceae Ericaceae Mitrastemonaceae...
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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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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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(Exocarpus cupressiformis; Santalaceae) Native currant (Acrotriche depressa; Ericaceae) Native gooseberry (Physalis minima; Solanaceae) Pigface (Carpobrotus...
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Empetrum (category Ericaceae genera)
genus of three species of dwarf evergreen shrubs in the heath family Ericaceae. They are commonly known as crowberries and bear edible fruit. They are...
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The Tubuai Islands are home to several dozen endemic species and subspecies of plants, including two endemic genera, Apostates and Pacifigeron. The World...
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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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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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Paleobiota of the La Brea Tar Pits (section Ericaceae)
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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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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Primulaceae Theaceae Symplocaceae Diapensiaceae Styracaceae Sarraceniaceae Roridulaceae Actinidiaceae Clethraceae Cyrillaceae Ericaceae Mitrastemonaceae...
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trailing arbutus, or ground laurel, is a low, spreading shrub in the family Ericaceae. It is found from Newfoundland to Florida, west to Kentucky and the Northwest...
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Cassiope (category Ericaceae)
Cassiope is a genus of 9-12 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. It is the sole genus in the subfamily Cassiopoideae. They are native to the...
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