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Ericaceae

not marked as a favorite taxon Ericaceae A.L. de Jussieu. Common name: Heath Family.

Key to Ericaceae

A family of about 107-124 genera and 4100-4500 species, primarily shrubs, small trees, and subshrubs, nearly cosmopolitan. The Ericaceae is very important in our area, which is one of the north temperate centers of diversity for the Ericaceae, with a great diversity of genera and species, many of them rather narrowly endemic. Along with Quercus and Pinus, various members of this family are dominant in much of our regional landscape.

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References: Cullings & Hileman (1997); Dorr & Barrie (1993); Freudenstein & Broe (2024); Gillespie & Kron (2010); Gillespie & Kron (2013); Judd (1979); Judd (1984); Judd & Kron (1993); Kron & Chase (1993); Kron et al. (2002); Kron, Powell, & Luteyn (2002); Luteyn et al. (1996); Stevens et al. (2004) In Kubitzki et al. (2004); Tucker (2009a) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2009); Wood (1961). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Ericaceae© Keith Bradley | Vaccinium | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Ericaceae© Alan Cressler: Hypopitys lanuginosa, Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler | Hypopitys source
image #3 of Ericaceae© Alan M. Cressler | Kalmia | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Ericaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Rhododendron | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Bejaria racemosa | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Arctostaphylos | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Ericaceae© Bonnie Semmling, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Bonnie Semmling | Corema conradii source | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Ericaceae© Alan M. Cressler | Chimaphila | Original Image ⭷
image #9 of Ericaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Oxydendrum arboreum | Original Image ⭷
image #10 of Ericaceae© Alan Cressler: Monotropsis reynoldsiae, Marion County, Florida 3 by Alan Cressler | Monotropsis source | Original Image ⭷
image #11 of Ericaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Rhododendron | Original Image ⭷
image #12 of Ericaceae© Keith Bradley | Ceratiola ericoides | Original Image ⭷
image #13 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Eubotrys
image #15 of Ericaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Vaccinium | Original Image ⭷
image #16 of Ericaceae© Bruce A. Sorrie | Epigaea repens | Original Image ⭷
image #18 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Monotropa | Original Image ⭷
image #20 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Zenobia pulverulenta | Original Image ⭷
image #22 of Ericaceae© Peter Brastow, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Peter Brastow | Erica vagans source | Original Image ⭷
image #23 of Ericaceae© Bruce A. Sorrie | Oxydendrum arboreum | Original Image ⭷
image #25 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Empetrum | Original Image ⭷
image #27 of Ericaceae© Gary P. Fleming | Lyonia | Original Image ⭷
image #29 of Ericaceae© Erik Danielson | Gaultheria source | Original Image ⭷
image #31 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Ceratiola | Original Image ⭷
image #32 of Ericaceae© Jay Horn | Pieris phillyreifolia source | Original Image ⭷
image #34 of Ericaceae© Erik Danielson | Pyrola source | Original Image ⭷
image #35 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Kalmia
image #36 of Ericaceae© Bruce A. Sorrie | Chimaphila | Original Image ⭷
image #38 of Ericaceae© Scott Ward | Rhododendron austrinum | Original Image ⭷
image #40 of Ericaceae© Erik Danielson | Rhododendron source | Original Image ⭷
image #42 of Ericaceae© Richard & Teresa Ware | Elliottia racemosa CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG

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