The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c. 4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it the 14th most species-rich family of flowering plants. The many well-known and economically important members of the Ericaceae include the cranberry, blueberry, huckleberry, rhododendron (including azaleas), and various common heaths and heathers (Erica, Cassiope, Daboecia, and Calluna for example). Learn more about Heather and erica
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Black Crowberry (1 videos) | Empetrum nigrum | Not Available |
Eastern Teaberry (1 videos) | Gaultheria procumbens | Not Available |
Heath (222 videos) | Erica diaphana | Not Available |
Heather (53 videos) | Calluna vulgaris | Not Available |
Highbush Blueberry (1 videos) | Vaccinium corymbosum | Not Available |
Indianpipe (3 videos) | Monotropa uniflora | Not Available |
Kinnikinnick (4 videos) | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | Not Available |
Red Huckleberry (1 videos) | Vaccinium parvifolium | Not Available |
Rhododendron Luteum (2 videos) | Rhododendron luteum | Not Available |
Sea Putat (5 videos) | Barringtonia asiatica | Not Available |
Snowplant (3 videos) | Sarcodes sanguinea | Not Available |
Western Moss Heather (1 videos) | Cassiope mertensiana | Not Available |
White Arctic Mountain Heather (1 videos) | Cassiope tetragona | Not Available |