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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Ericaceae	Agarista	Agarista
Ericaceae	Agarista populifolia	Agarista, Pipestem	Blackwater swamps, hydric hammocks, marly spring runs and seepage ravines.	E. SC (or se. NC?) south to ne. and c. peninsular FL. Reported for several locations in s. AL, likely escaped (Diamond & Woods 2009). A specimen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (NCU) is labeled as coming from a nursery, originally taken from plants in a swamp in Columbus County, NC. The record is plausible and if accepted adds the species to the state's native flora.
Ericaceae	Andromeda	Bog-rosemary, Andromeda
Ericaceae	Andromeda polifolia var. latifolia	Bog-rosemary	Bogs.	Circumboreal, in North America from NL (Newfoundland) and NL (Labrador) west to SK, south to NJ, ne. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993), e. WV (at Cranberry Glades, Pocahontas County), IN, IL, and MN. Var. polifolia is also circumboreal, overall more northern.
Ericaceae	Arbutus	Madrone, Madroño
Ericaceae	Arbutus xalapensis	Texas Madrone, Xalapa Madrone	Rocky slopes and hills.	C. TX, w. TX, and se. NM south to s. Mexico and Guatemala.
Ericaceae	Arctostaphylos	Bearberry
Ericaceae	Arctostaphylos uva-ursi	Bearberry, Kinnikinick	High elevation granitic outcrop (VA); Coastal Plain pitch pine woodlands and sandy barrens (DE and NJ); ridgeline and NW-facing shale outcrops (MD and WV).	Circumboreal, ranging in North America from NL (Labrador) west to AK, south to DE, n. VA, WV (Hampshire County – Vanderhorst et al. 2013), n. IN, IL, IA, SD, NM, AZ, and CA; disjunct in Guatemala. The MD occurrence (Allegany County) is reported by Knapp et al. (2011); the WV occurrence by Vanderhorst et al. (2013).
Ericaceae	Bejaria	Tarflower
Ericaceae	Bejaria racemosa	Tarflower, Flycatcher	Pine flatwoods, typically most abundant in scrubby flatwoods or sub-xeric, pine-dominated habitats. Often completely absent or far less abundant in wet flatwoods or xeric rosemary scrubs.	E. GA (adjacent to se. SC) south to s. peninsular FL, west to AL.
Ericaceae	Calluna	Heather
Ericaceae	Calluna vulgaris	Heather, Ling, Scotch Heather	Roadbanks, railroad grades.	Native of Europe. Waif or naturalized in Tucker County, WV (Clarkson 1958; Luteyn et al. 1996) and other scattered locations.
Ericaceae	Ceratiola	Florida Rosemary
Ericaceae	Ceratiola ericoides	Rosemary, Florida Rosemary, Sandhill Rosemary, Sand Heath	Xeric sandhills, usually in white "sugar sand", also in maritime dunes.	Ne. SC south to s. FL and west to s. MS.
Ericaceae	Chamaedaphne	Leatherleaf, Cassandra
Ericaceae	Chamaedaphne calyculata	Leatherleaf, Cassandra	Pocosins in the Coastal Plain, bogs in the Mountains, Chamaecyparis bogs, wet pine flatwood ecotones, other saturated, acid, peaty or peaty/sandy situations.	Circumboreal; in North America from NL (Newfoundland) to AB, south to WV (Tucker County) (T.F. Wieboldt, pers.comm., 2007; Vanderhorst et al. 2019; where possibly introduced), MD, OH, n. IL, WI, n. IA, AB, and BC; disjunct to the mountains of NC (where now nearly extirpated, known only from a single bog of less than 1 hectare) and to the Coastal Plain of NC and ne. SC. The Coastal Plain occurrences in NC and SC are mainly in the centers of large peat dome or Carolina Bay pocosins, the insufficiently famous southern blanket bogs or "southern muskeg." In these areas, Chamaedaphne is sometimes dominant (or codominant with Zenobia pulverulenta or Sarracenia flava) over expanses of 25 square kilometers. The southern occurrences of Chamaedaphne are certainly the result of Pleistocene distributions.
Ericaceae	Chimaphila	Pipsissewa
Ericaceae	Chimaphila maculata	Pipsissewa, Striped Wintergreen, Rat's Bane	Forests and woodlands, mostly rather xeric and acid.	ME west to MI, south to GA, FL Panhandle, and AL. Apparently introduced in pine plantations in s. IL (P. Marcum, pers.comm. 2022).
Ericaceae	Chimaphila umbellata var. cisatlantica	Prince's-pine	Forests and woodlands, mostly rather xeric and acid.	The species is circumboreal, extending south into Central America; var. cisatlantica is widespread in ne. North America, from NS and QC west to MN, south to NC, w. SC, and IN.
Ericaceae	Corema
Ericaceae	Corema conradii	Broom-crowberry, 'Poverty-grass'	Dunes, openings in pine barrens.	NS, QC, NB, and PE south to ME, MA, NY, and s. NJ.
Ericaceae	Elliottia	Elliottia, Southern-plume
Ericaceae	Elliottia racemosa	Elliottia, Southern-plume, Georgia-plume, 'Laurel'	Xeric sandy ridges, sandhills, river bluffs; serpentine woodlands.	Endemic to e. GA and s. SC (Aiken County, where considered to have been extirpated). Elliottia racemosa extends barely into the Piedmont in Georgia, occurring on Burks Mountain on serpentine in a Pinus palustris woodland.
Ericaceae	Empetrum
Ericaceae	Empetrum nigrum	Black Crowberry	Acid sands, sea cliffs, northwards in a wide variety of habitats.	NY (Long Island, Suffolk County), northwards; also w. North America; Eurasia. Empetrum nigrum was legitimately collected from as far south as sea cliffs in Suffolk County, NY by E. Miller in 1924. These sea cliffs apparently eroded and fell into the ocean (Steve Young, pers. comm., 2022). In NY it now only occurs in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks.
Ericaceae	Epigaea	Trailing Arbutus
Ericaceae	Epigaea repens	Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower, Ground Laurel	In a wide variety of acidic forests, xeric to mesic, sandy, rocky, and loamy, including longleaf pine sandhills.	NL (Newfoundland) and QC west to MB, south to FL Panhandle, MS, and MN.
Ericaceae	Erica	Heath
Ericaceae	Erica tetralix	Cross-leaved Heath	Sandy thickets.	Native of Europe.
Ericaceae	Erica vagans	Cornish Heath	Acid upland sites such as pastures and roadsides.	Native of w. Europe.
Ericaceae	Ericaceae	Heath Family
Ericaceae	Eubotrys	Deciduous Fetterbush
Ericaceae	Eubotrys racemosus	Coastal Fetterbush	Swamps, pocosins, streambanks, and other wet places. Very rarely in scrubby flatwoods (c. FL).	E. MA south to c. peninsular FL and west to LA, primarily on the Coastal Plain; disjunct inland, as in c. and e. TN.
Ericaceae	Eubotrys recurvus	Mountain Fetterbush	Heath balds, high elevation ridges and granitic domes, bogs.	A Southern Appalachian endemic: sw. VA, s. WV, and se. KY south through w. NC and ne. TN to ne. GA (Rabun County) and nw. SC.
Ericaceae	Gaultheria	Wintergreen, Teaberry
Ericaceae	Gaultheria hispidula	Creeping Snowberry, Moxie	Spruce-fir forests, northern hardwoods forests, bogs at high elevations.	NL (Newfoundland) and NL (Labrador) west to BC, south to NJ, MD, WV, OH, MN, ID, and WA; there is no known documentation for the attribution (by Small 1933, Gleason & Cronquist 1952, 1991, and Fernald 1950) of this species occurring as far south as NC.
Ericaceae	Gaultheria procumbens	Teaberry, Wintergreen, Checkerberry, Creeping Wintergreen	Heath balds, woodlands, and openings, usually acidic and xeric.	NL (Newfoundland) west to MB, south to e. NC, ne. GA, AL, c. TN, KY, n. IN, and MN.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia	Huckleberry
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia baccata	Black Huckleberry, Crackleberry	Xeric, acidic forests and woodlands, rock outcrops, to 1600m elevation.	NL (Newfoundland) and QC west to ON and MB, south to ne. NC, nw. SC, n. GA, AL, and MO; in GA, NC, and SC it is primarily montane in distribution, but in VA it occurs throughout the state.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia bigeloviana	Northern Dwarf Huckleberry	Peat dome pocosins (in NC and VA), sandhill seepage bogs (SC), Chamaecyparis bogs (DE), generally growing in peat, forms transitional to var. dumosa in wet pinelands and disturbed pocosins.	G. bigeloviana ranges from NL (Newfoundland) south to NJ, with disjunct populations in Carteret, Dare, and Pender counties, NC (in low pocosins of large peat domes with Chamaedaphne and Zenobia), and in a Sandhill seepage bog in Lexington County, SC. Some material transitional between G. bigeloviana and G. dumosa has been found from NJ to se. VA.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia brachycera	Box Huckleberry	Dry, acidic ridgetops and upper slopes, locally forming large clones, in the Coastal Plain in dry sandy soils.	Sc. PA and DE south to e. KY and ec. TN, primarily on the Cumberland and Alleghany Plateaus; also disjunct on a steep, xeric, west-facing bluff in Durham Co. NC, where evidently native. The report in Radford, Ahles, & Bell (1968) is based on misidentification of plants later named as Vaccinium sempervirens.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia dumosa	Southern Dwarf Huckleberry	Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, other xeric to mesic, acidic forests and woodlands.	This is one of the most common shrubs of the Southeastern Coastal Plain, with an overall range from NJ south to FL and west to e. LA, primarily in the Coastal Plain, less commonly inland (as in sc. TN and se. WV). Reported for MD and DE (Longbottom, Naczi, & Knapp 2016).
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia frondosa	Dangleberry	Mesic, acidic woodlands, especially in sandhill-pocosin and savanna-pocosin ecotones, also in xeric chestnut oak forests in the lower Piedmont.	Primarily a Southeastern Coastal Plain species: s. NH south to s. SC, less commonly inland to w. NY, c. and w. PA, w. VA, and w. SC.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia mosieri	Mosier's Huckleberry, Hirsute Huckleberry	Pine savannas and seepages.	S. GA, ne. FL (Duval County), n. peninsular FL (Volusia County) west through Panhandle FL to e. LA. Material from Lexington County, SC originally identified as this taxon has been reassigned to G. bigeloviana.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia nana	Dwarf Dangleberry	Xeric longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, pocosin ecotones, pine savannas.	Se. NC (New Hanover County) (Sorrie & LeBlond 2008) and sc. SC (Berkeley and Willamsburg counties) south to n. and c. FL peninsula, FL Panhandle, and west to e. LA (Florida parishes). In NC, this species is somewhat disjunct from ec. SC in xeric sandhills of se. NC (on the Carolina Beach peninsula and the 421 Sandhills nw. of Wilmington). In the central and southern Coastal Plain of South Carolina, it is probably more common than G. frondosa (just not frequently distinguished from it) (P. McMillan, pers.comm. 2020).
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia orocola	Blue Ridge Bog Huckleberry	Bogs, seepages over granite.	Endemic to the sw. NC mountains.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia tomentosa	Hairy Dangleberry	Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, xeric coastal fringe sandhills, pocosin ecotones, pine savannas.	Se. and ec.SC (Charleston, Dorchester, and Barnwell counties southward) south to c. peninsular FL, west to s. GA and sw. AL.
Ericaceae	Gaylussacia ursina	Bear Huckleberry, Mountain Huckleberry	Mesic to xeric forests, frequently dominant; common.	A narrow Southern Appalachian endemic: sw. NC (southwest of the Asheville Basin), nw. SC, ne. GA, and se. TN; disjunct at Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, Bell County, KY. On mountain slopes and summits in that area it is often the dominant shrub, forming large clonal patches.
Ericaceae	Hypopitys	Pinesap
Ericaceae	Hypopitys lanuginosa	Appalachian Red Pinesap, Hairy Pinesap	Acid forests.	ME and VT south to GA and AL (and more widespread, the precise distribution uncertain). Apparently widely distributed in eastern North America, but the precise distribution unknown. An undescribed species ("Hypopitys species 3") and H. lanuginosa are mapped the same for now, as they are being disentangled.
Ericaceae	Hypopitys species 1	Midwestern Pinesap	Forests.
Ericaceae	Hypopitys species 2	Florida Pinesap	Forests.	N. FL to c. peninsular FL.
Ericaceae	Hypopitys species 3	Common Eastern Pinesap	Forests.	Apparently widely distributed in eastern North America, but the precise distribution unknown. This and H. lanuginosa are mapped the same for now, as they are being disentangled.
Ericaceae	Kalmia	Wicky, Sheepkill, Mountain Laurel, Ivy, Sand-myrtle
Ericaceae	Kalmia angustifolia	Northern Sheepkill, Wicky	Sandy, xeric to mesic hillsides and moist areas, rocky areas, in ne. NC and se. VA in longleaf pine sandhills.	NL (Labrador) west to MN, south to se. VA and extreme ne. NC, WV (Vanderhorst et al. 2019), s. ON, and MI, reaching its southern limit in the Coastal Plain of extreme ne. NC (Sorrie & LeBlond 2008).
Ericaceae	Kalmia buxifolia	Sand-myrtle	Locally abundant but very restricted in wet (spodosol) pinelands of the outer Coastal Plain (in Brunswick and Carteret counties, NC), locally common in relatively dry sandhills in a few locations in the Sandhills, disjunct in the Piedmont on a few quartzite monadnocks, fairly common in the mountains on rock outcrops at high to moderate elevations (on a wide variety of rock types).	The species is curiously distributed, both in its overall range and within NC. Kalmia buxifolia is found in the Pine Barrens of NJ, the outer Coastal Plain of se. NC, the inner Coastal Plain (fall-line sandhills) of sc. NC and nc. SC, monadnocks of the upper Piedmont of NC, mountain peaks of NC and immediately adjacent nw. SC, ne. GA, and e. TN, and isolated in extreme e. PA (Monroe County) and in se. KY (on sandstone in Whitley County, in the Cumberland Plateau).
Ericaceae	Kalmia carolina	Southern Sheepkill, Carolina Wicky, Carolina Bog Myrtle	Moist to wet pinelands of the Coastal Plain, pocosin margins (or seemingly in pocosins or swamps because of fire suppression), mountain bogs and fens (and less commonly in rocky areas at high elevations) in the Mountains.	This species, a close relative of the more widespread and northern K. angustifolia, occurs in two disjunct areas: the Coastal Plain, from se. VA south through NC to wc. GA (Taylor County), and the Southern Appalachians from sw. VA south through w. NC and ne. TN to ne. GA
Ericaceae	Kalmia cuneata	White Wicky	Pocosins and pocosin-savanna or pocosin-sandhill ecotones.	This species is a narrow endemic of the Coastal Plain of se. NC and e. SC.
Ericaceae	Kalmia hirsuta	Hairy Wicky, Kalmiella	Pine savannas and pine flatwoods.	Se. SC (Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, and Colleton counties) south to nc. peninsular FL, west to s. AL.
Ericaceae	Kalmia latifolia	Mountain Laurel, Ivy, Calico-bush, Spoonwood, Poison-laurel	Acidic forests, bluffs, bogs, along sandhill steams, and in a wide range of other habitats, nearly ubiquitous in the mountains, up to at least 1600m, more restricted in habitat in the lower Piedmont and Coastal Plain.	ME, OH, and IN south to Panhandle FL and extreme e. LA.
Ericaceae	Kalmia polifolia	Swamp Laurel, Bog Laurel, Pale Laurel	Bogs.	NL (Labrador) and NT south to n. NJ, ne. PA, MI, WI, MN, and MT; disjunct (possibly introduced) in Tucker County, WV (where discovered by T.F. Wieboldt in 2007; see also Vanderhorst et al. 2019 for additional discussion).
Ericaceae	Leucothoe	Fetterbush, Leucothoe
Ericaceae	Leucothoe axillaris	Coastal Doghobble	Pocosins, blackwater swamp forests, and moist and acid slopes.	A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: se. VA south to c. peninsular FL and west to extreme e. LA (several parish records reported for west of the Mississippi River are non-native, from cultivation).
Ericaceae	Leucothoe fontanesiana	Mountain Doghobble, Switch-ivy	Moist slopes, streambanks, ravines, often associated with Rhododendron maximum thickets.	A Southern Appalachian endemic: sw. VA south through w. NC and e. TN to nw. GA.
Ericaceae	Lyonia	Staggerbush, Maleberry, Fetterbush
Ericaceae	Lyonia ferruginea	Crookedwood, Dragonwood, Staggerbush	Dry oak and pine woodlands, Florida scrub, scrubby pine flatwoods, rarely pocosins, spodosolic flatwoods.	Se. SC south to sc. peninsular FL, west to Panhandle FL.
Ericaceae	Lyonia fruticosa	Staggerbush, Poor-grub	Pocosins, Florida scrub, pine flatwoods.	Se. SC (at least formerly) south to s. peninsular FL, west to e. Panhandle FL.
Ericaceae	Lyonia ligustrina var. foliosiflora	Southern Maleberry, He-huckleberry	Pocosins, seepage bogs, and other wet habitats.	Se. VA south to s. FL, west to e. TX and e. OK, and (west of the mountains) north to TN and nc. AR. Var. foliosiflora is the usual variety on the Coastal Plain (including the fall-line sandhills).
Ericaceae	Lyonia ligustrina var. ligustrina	Northern Maleberry, He-huckleberry	Mountain bogs, shrub balds, bottomlands, other moist to wet habitats, "dry" exposed ridges at high elevations.	S. ME, s. NH, s. VT, s. and e. NY, s. OH, WV, and KY south to w. and c. SC, n. GA, and ne. AL, primarily in the mountains and adjacent provinces.
Ericaceae	Lyonia lucida	Shining Fetterbush	Pocosins, wet woodlands, blackwater swamp forests, other acidic wetlands, especially if peaty. In peninsular FL this species occurs across a remarkable span of soil moistures, from deeply saturated acidic peats upslope into scrubby flatwoods.	Se. VA south to s. FL and west to e. and c. LA; also in w. Cuba.
Ericaceae	Lyonia mariana	Staggerbush, Large-flowered Fetterbush	Pine flatwoods, savannas, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, less commonly in dry rocky woodlands in the lower Piedmont (especially with chestnut oak).	RI (formerly) and NY (Long Island) south to c. peninsular and e. Panhandle FL; disjunct west of the Mississippi River in sc. MO, c. and s. AR, nw. LA, se. OK, and e. TX.
Ericaceae	Monotropa	Ghost Pipes, Indian Pipes
Ericaceae	Monotropa brittonii	Scrub Ghost-pipe, Southern Ghost-pipe	Florida scrub, longleaf pine sandhills, other dry, sandy habitats.	Peninsular FL, apparently extending northwards to e. NC and westward to se. LA on the Coastal Plain (J. Freudenstein, pers. comm., 2019).
Ericaceae	Monotropa uniflora	Common Ghost-pipe, Indian Pipes	In a wide variety of moist to dry forests.	NL (Labrador) and AK south to c. FL, TX, CA; e. Asia.
Ericaceae	Monotropsis	Pigmy Pipes, Sweet Pinesap
Ericaceae	Monotropsis odorata	Appalachian Pigmy Pipes, Carolina Beechdrops	Dry to mesic upland woods under oaks and/or pines (Pinus virginiana or P. echinata), especially slopes or bluffs with abundant heaths, often including Kalmia latifolia and/or Rhododendron maximum.	Centered in the Appalachians: DE, MD, and WV south to GA and AL.
Ericaceae	Monotropsis reynoldsiae	Florida Sand Pipes, Florida Beechdrops	Upland mixed hardwood forests, mesic hammocks, xeric hammocks, scrub.	Endemic to nc. peninsular FL, in St. Johns, Marion, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, and Volusia counties.
Ericaceae	Orthilia	Sidebells, One-sided Shinleaf, One-sided Wintergreen
Ericaceae	Orthilia secunda	Sidebells, One-sided Shinleaf, One-sided Pyrola	Forests under Pinus virginiana, other dry, oak, pine, or oak-pine forests.	Circumboreal, in North America south to VA, IN, IA, NE, NM, AZ, and CA; disjunct in Mexico and Guatemala.
Ericaceae	Oxydendrum	Sourwood
Ericaceae	Oxydendrum arboreum	Sourwood, Sorrel-tree, "Titi", "Sour Gum"	Mesic to xeric deciduous forests, especially dry-mesic to xeric oak-hickory and oak-pine forests, and also often in sandhill/pocosin ecotones.	Se. and sw. PA west to IL, south to n. FL and se. and c. LA.
Ericaceae	Pieris	Evergreen Fetterbush
Ericaceae	Pieris floribunda	Mountain Andromeda, Evergreen Mountain Fetterbush	Acid wooded slopes, heath balds at high elevations, summits of Piedmont monadnocks, sometimes escaped from cultivation.	A Southern Appalachian endemic: e. WV, w. VA, w. NC, e. TN, and allegedly n. GA (the type locality is supposedly in n. GA, but there is no other evidence of the species in that state) and w. MD (the station possibly planted, but in appropriate habitat and close to the northernmost stations in WV). The range in NC is peculiar, the species occurring at high elevations southwest of Asheville, absent from apparently suitable habitats to the northeast (such as the Craggies, Blacks, Roan Mountain, and Grandfather Mountain), yet reappearing in a few disjunct populations at low elevations in the upper Piedmont. In w. VA (and adjacent e. WV), P. floribunda occurs on rather dry sandstone ridges and upper slopes, often under an oak canopy, especially in the front ranges of the Cumberland Mountains.
Ericaceae	Pieris japonica	Japanese Andromeda or Lily-of-the-valley Bush	Planted in landscaping, rarely escaping or persisting in our area.	Native of e. Asia.
Ericaceae	Pieris phillyreifolia	Vine-wicky, Climbing Fetterbush	Acidic swamp forests.	E. SC south to c. peninsular FL west to s. AL.
Ericaceae	Pyrola	Shinleaf, Pyrola
Ericaceae	Pyrola americana	Rounded Shinleaf	Xeric to mesic woodlands and forests.	NL (Newfoundland) west to MB, south to NC, ne. TN, KY, IN, MN, and SD.
Ericaceae	Pyrola asarifolia	Pink Shinleaf	Bogs and swampy forests and woodlands.	NL west to AK, south to NY (Long Island), n. IN, ne. IA, NM, UT, and s. CA.
Ericaceae	Pyrola chlorantha	Greenflower Wintergreen	Dry forests.	Circumboreal, in North America south to VA, WV, IN, NE, NM, AZ, and CA.
Ericaceae	Pyrola elliptica	Elliptic Shinleaf	Moist to dry forests, including rich northern hardwood forests.	NS, NL (Newfoundland), and QC west to BC, south to DE, nw. NC, WV, OH, IN, IL, IA, NE, NM, and AZ. Known in NC only from a few locations in Ashe and Watauga counties.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron	Rhododendron, Azalea
Ericaceae	Rhododendron alabamense	Alabama Azalea	Moist slopes, bluffs, streambanks.	W. GA and Panhandle FL west through AL to e. MS. R. alabamense is reported for Calhoun County, SC (Radford, Ahles, & Bell 1968), but this record actually represents the more recently described R. eastmanii.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron arborescens	Sweet Azalea, Smooth Azalea, Smooth Honeysuckle	Rocky riversides, wooded stream banks, swamps, high elevation forests, shrub balds.	Primarily Appalachian: ne. PA and se. KY south to sc. NC, w. SC, c. GA, and c. AL.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron atlanticum	Dwarf Azalea	Pocosins, pine savannas, pine flatwoods, sandhill-pocosin ecotones.	An Atlantic Coastal Plain endemic: s. NJ and se. PA south to sc. GA.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron austrinum	Florida Flame Azalea	Hammocks, bluffs, floodplain forests.	Sc. GA and ne. FL west to s. AL and se. MS (Kron 1993); also reported for e. GA (Jones & Coile 1988).
Ericaceae	Rhododendron calendulaceum	Flame Azalea, Yellow Honeysuckle	Deciduous forests, particularly on mountain slopes, grassy balds.	Largely Appalachian: s. PA and s. OH to c. GA and e. TN.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron canadense	Rhodora	Bogs, peaty wetlands, barrens.	NL west to ON, south to n. NJ and PA.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron canescens	Piedmont Azalea, Southern Pinxter Azalea, Wild Azalea	Swamps, pocosins, and pine savannas.	Se. and sc. NC, n. TN, se. KY, s. IL, and e. OK, south to n. peninsular FL and se. TX.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron carolinianum	Carolina Rhododendron, Punctatum, Dwarf Laurel	Rocky summits, heath balds, high elevation forests, moist slopes.	A Southern Appalachian endemic: w. NC, e. TN, ne. GA, and nw. SC, from the Linville Gorge area (and rarely as far north as Alleghany County, NC) south and west to the Great Smoky Mountains; its precise southern limit uncertain.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron catawbiense	Pink Laurel, Catawba Rhododendron, Rose Bay, Oval-leaf laurel	Rocky summits, shrub balds, acid ridges and slopes (mostly at high elevations), north-facing bluffs in the Piedmont, and sometimes in mesic situations in the Mountains.	A Southern Appalachian endemic: VA and KY south to GA and AL, with scattered disjunct populations in the Piedmont and extreme upper Coastal Plain.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron chapmanii	Chapman's Rhododendron	Pine flatwoods.	Endemic to Panhandle FL, with an isolated disjunction in ne. FL (Clay County) that may be introduced.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron colemanii	Red Hills Azalea	Moist hammocks, moist bluffs, along streams.	Endemic to upper Coastal Plain areas of AL and w. GA.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron coryi		Longleaf pine savanna ecotones to bayheads, pineland seepage slopes.	S. GA and FL Panhandle west to e. TX, in the Coastal Plain.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron cumberlandense	Cumberland Azalea	Balds and exposed or moist slopes.	A Southern Appalachian endemic, primarily west of the Blue Ridge: e. KY and w. VA south to ec. TN, n. GA, and ne. AL; reports from the Piedmont of SC (Kron 1993) are based on R. eastmanii.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron eastmanii	May White Azalea, Eastman's Azalea	Rich slopes.	This species is endemic to the Piedmont and upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina, and locally fairly common in the Broad River drainage (Horn 2005).
Ericaceae	Rhododendron flammeum	Oconee Azalea	Longleaf pine sandhills, upland forests on slopes, ridges, stream bluffs.	W. SC west to w. GA.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron groenlandicum	Labrador Tea	Bogs and other peaty wetlands.	Greenland to AK, south to n. NJ, ne. and nw. PA, ne. OH, MI, WI, MN, w. SD, SK, AB, and nw. OR.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron maximum	Great Laurel, White Rhododendron, Great Rhododendron	Moist slopes, wet flats, bogs, swamps, north-facing bluffs in the Piedmont.	Largely Appalachian: ME, NY, and OH south to GA and AL, primarily in the mountains.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron minus	Gorge Rhododendron, Punctatum, Dwarf Laurel	Rocky slopes, escarpment gorges, rocky areas in the Piedmont, longleaf pine sandhill bluffs in the Coastal Plain.	Sc. NC and nw. NC south to sc. SC, sw. GA, and s. AL. This species ranges up to granite domes along the Blue Ridge Escarpment (such as Whiteside Mountain, Macon and Jackson counties, NC). Also in extreme sw. VA and se. KY, where evidently planted. The KY material was determined by Mason Brock to be a hybrid-derived cultivar (R. dauricum × minus), almost certainly planted (M. Brock, pers.comm., 2024).
Ericaceae	Rhododendron obtusum	Garden Azalea, Hiryu Azalea, Kurume Azalea	Used in horticulture and sometimes long-persistent in settings where its planted status is not evident.	Native of Japan.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron periclymenoides	Wild Azalea, Pinxterflower, Pinxterbloom Azalea, Election Pink	Moist to dry slopes and streambanks.	Fairly widespread in e. United States, ranging from MA, NY, and s. OH, south to GA and AL.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron pilosum	Minniebush	Heath balds, bogs, rocky summits, and rocky woodlands, mostly at high elevations.	A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic: sc. PA, sw. PA, e. WV, w. VA, e. TN, w. NC, and ne. GA.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron prinophyllum	Election Pink, Early Azalea, Roseshell Azalea	Upland forests (especially under Quercus montana and Quercus rubra), xeric pine and oak woodlands.	NH, NY, and ne. OH, south to w. NC, nc. KY, and s. OH; disjunct in ne. AL and c. TN; also disjunct from s. IL and s. MO south to AR and e. OK. The only known location in NC is on Bluff Mountain, Ashe County (on a rocky plateau over amphibolite at about 1300m elevation); Kron (1993) also cites a collection from Transylvania County, but this is based on a labeling error.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron prunifolium	Plumleaf Azalea	Mesic ravine forests and streambanks.	Endemic to a small area along the AL-GA border, in se. AL (Kron 1993) and sw. and wc. GA (Jones & Coile 1988).
Ericaceae	Rhododendron serrulatum	Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea	Bogs, pocosins, wet pine savannas.	S. GA south to c. peninsular FL, west to e. LA. Its distribution northwards into the Carolinas and se. VA is uncertain.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron simsii	Indian Azalea	Used in horticulture and sometimes long-persistent in settings where its planted status is not evident.	Native of China, Japan, and Taiwan.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron smokianum	Great Smoky Mountain Rhododendron	Heath balds, heath slicks, high to medium elevation forests and woodlands.	Endemic to high and middle elevations of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron vaseyi	Pinkshell Azalea	Moist slopes, bogs, high elevation rocky summits, cliffs, high elevation heath balds.	Endemic to the mountains of NC, though approaching very close to SC and GA in the vicinity of Cashiers and Highlands, NC and reported for Rabun Bald (Rabun Co. GA) without definite documentation; R. vaseyi occurs primarily southwest of the Asheville Basin, but is found at scattered locations farther north and is locally abundant on Grandfather Mountain (at the junction of Avery, Watauga, and Caldwell counties, NC), its northernmost outpost. Cultivated outside its native distribution.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron viscosum var. montanum		Moderate to high elevation sites, in dry to seasonally seepy sites.	W. NC, nw. SC, and n. GA.
Ericaceae	Rhododendron viscosum var. viscosum	Swamp Azalea, Clammy Azalea	Moist streambanks, shrub balds, and other moist habitats.	ME and MY, WV, e. TN, n. AR, and ne. OK, south to c. peninsular FL and e. TX.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium	Blueberry
Ericaceae	Vaccinium angustifolium	Northern Lowbush Blueberry, Sugarberry, Low Sweet Blueberry	Acidic forests and woodlands, cliffs and talus (especially sandstone and quartzite), usually at high elevations.	NL (Labrador) and NL (Newfoundland) west to MB, south to NJ, PA, sw. VA, IL, and MN. Recently reported for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (J. Rock, pers. comm. 2009) and from Cheoah Bald, Graham County (E. Schwartzman, pers. comm. 2010 and NCU specimen).
Ericaceae	Vaccinium arboreum	Farkleberry, Sparkleberry	Rocky or sandy woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs, usually xeric and often fire-maintained, and unlike most other Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks.	This species is widely distributed in se. North America, from TX and FL north to MO, IN, KY, and VA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium ashei	Rabbit-eye Blueberry	Wet creek-sides and river margins to mesic pine-hardwood forests, mature pine forests, and dry pine-oak woodlands: margin of the Okefenokee Swamp, bottomland woods by creek, sandy seepage along river, edge of hammock above creek, moist woods on slope above creek, moist Magnolia-spruce pine woods, Magnolia-pine creek bottomland, ecotone of stream head, wooded strip around pond, roadcut bank near creek, roadsides, mesic to moist longleaf pine slopes, cut-over longleaf pine, flat open pineland, open pine-live oak-laurel oak woods, well-drained mixed woods, oak woods on sandy ridge, and very sandy pine-live oak-myrtle oak woods.	E. GA and nc. FL west to e. LA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium caesariense	New Jersey Highbush Blueberry	Swamps, bogs, moist ground.	S. ME south to n. FL.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium constablei	Blue Ridge Blueberry	Grassy balds, heath balds, high elevation forests and woodlands.	Higher mountains of the Southern Blue Ridge, from sw. VA to n. GA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium corymbosum	Smooth Highbush Blueberry	Bogs, wet swamp forests, moist high elevation bogs, balds, and forests.	NS west to MI, south to WV, OH, and IN, south in the Appalachians (and rarely on Piedmont monadnocks) to n. VA and in the Coastal Plain to Panhandle and ne. FL.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium crassifolium	Creeping Blueberry	Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, upland sandhills over clay pans.	This species is nearly endemic to the Carolinas, barely extending into immediately adjacent VA and GA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium darrowii	Darrow's Blueberry	Pine flatwoods.	S. GA south to s. peninsular FL and west to e. LA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium elliottii	Mayberry	Bottomlands, slopes, sandy river terraces, natural levees.	Primarily a Coastal Plain species, V. elliottii ranges from se. VA south to n. FL, west to se. TX and AR; disjunct in Coffee County, TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).
Ericaceae	Vaccinium erythrocarpum	Bearberry, Highbush Cranberry, Mountain Cranberry	Rocky ridges, shrub or grassy balds, bogs, spruce-fir forests, usually at high elevations.	A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic, V. erythrocarpum ranges from WV through VA to w. NC, e. and ec. TN, and ne. GA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium formosum	Southern Highbush Blueberry, Swamp Highbush Blueberry	Bogs, swamps (especially blackwater, or at least where away from strong alluvial influence), seepages, depression ponds (dolines), other moist ground.	NJ south to n. FL and s. AL (and apparently to e. LA), primarily on the Coastal Plain; rarely occurring into the lower piedmont (in NC, as far west as Chatham and Orange counties, for instance).
Ericaceae	Vaccinium fuscatum	Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry	Bogs, pocosins, swamps, also in uplands.	ME and NB to s. MI, south to sc. peninsular FL and e. TX.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium hirsutum	Woollyberry, Hairy Blueberry, Low-lowbush Blueberry	Mountain slopes and ridges, primarily in pine-oak and oak forests.	V. hirsutum is a narrow Southern Appalachian endemic, occurring only in a few counties of sw. NC, se. TN, n. GA, and (allegedly) SC.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium macrocarpon	Cranberry, Large Cranberry	Bogs (southwards mainly at medium to high elevations), low pocosins with deep peat, interdunal swales.	Unlike the circumboreal V. oxycoccus Linnaeus, V. macrocarpon is limited to North America. It ranges as a native plant from NL (Newfoundland) west and south to s. ON, MN, ne. IL, n. IN, n. and c. OH, PA, and NJ, extending south along the Appalachians as a disjunct rarity through WV, w. VA, and ne. and se. TN to w. NC, and south along the outer Coastal Plain as a disjunct rarity in e. MD, se. VA, and ne. and se. NC. The occurrence in the inner Coastal Plain (fall-line sandhills) along the Little River in Cumberland County, NC is questionably native.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium myrsinites	Southern Evergreen Blueberry	Pine flatwoods.	Ne. SC (Horry County) south to s. peninsular FL, west to s. MS.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium myrtilloides	Velvetleaf Blueberry, Sourtop, Canada Blueberry	Acidic, high elevation slopes and cliffs.	NL (Labrador) west to BC, south to PA, VA, w. NC, WV, IN, and MN. Reported for the NC side of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Haywood County) (K. Langdon, pers. comm. 2009). The possible occurrence of this species on Grandfather Mountain is based on somewhat ambiguous specimens and needs additional confirmation.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium oxycoccos	Small Cranberry	Bogs.	Circumboreal, south in North America to NJ, PA, WV (Grant, Mineral, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, and Tucker counties), IN, and MN. Fernald (1950) reported V. oxycoccos var. ovalifolium Michaux as occurring south to "mts. of N.C." and V. oxycoccos var .oxycoccos as south to "upland of Va. and W.Va.". Scoggan (1979) and Kartesz (1999) repeated the report of Vaccinium oxycoccos as reaching NC; Scoggan’s report is of Oxycoccus ovalifolius (Michaux) Porsild. Most likely, ambiguous collections of V. macrocarpon are the basis for these reports.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium pallidum	Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry	Forested slopes, usually rather xeric.	Widespread in e. United States, V. pallidum is centered in the Appalachians and Ozarks.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium sempervirens	Rayner's Blueberry	Seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills, longleaf pine woodlands over sandstone and gravel outcrops.	Endemic to Lexington County, SC, known from only a few sites
Ericaceae	Vaccinium simulatum	Mountain Highbush Blueberry	Forested slopes (northern hardwoods, spruce-fir forests), ridges, and shrub balds, at moderate and high elevations.	A Southern and Central Appalachian endemic, V. simulatum ranges from e. KY and sw. VA south through w. NC and e. TN to n. GA and n. AL.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium stamineum var. 1	Dwarf Deerberry	Pinelands.	Se. NC south to GA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium stamineum var. 2	Appalachian Deerberry	Xeric to submesic woodlands and forests, including pine-oak/heath and shrub balds.	PA south to GA, in the Appalachians and adjacent provinces.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium stamineum var. caesium	Florida Deerberry, Whiteleaf Deerberry	Xeric woodlands.	Se. NC south to c. peninsular FL, and west to s. AL.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium stamineum var. glandulosum	Panhandle Deerberry	Pine flatwoods.	Supposedly endemic to the FL Panhandle, but probably also in s. GA.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium stamineum var. sericeum	Southern Deerberry	Xeric woodlands.	S. SC, w. NC, TN, and AR south to Panhandle FL and TX; disjunct in Mexico (GTO, SLP, and allegedly ROO) (Villaseñor 2016).
Ericaceae	Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum	Common Deerberry	Xeric to submesic woodlands, forests, and rock outcrops (unlike most Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks).	MA, NY, s. ON, and MO south to Panhandle FL and TX.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium tenellum	Southern Dwarf Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry	Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, Piedmont hardpan woodlands, other xeric woodlands.	Though abundant in the Carolinas, V. tenellum is rather restricted, occurring as a common species from se. VA to c. GA, with a range extension (where it is scattered and rare) south and west to n. FL, s. AL, and se. MS. Primarily Coastal Plain in distribution, yet locally common in appropriate habitat in the eastern (lower) Piedmont.
Ericaceae	Vaccinium virgatum	Swamp Blueberry, Rabbiteye Blueberry	Pocosins and Chamaecyparis swamps, also in various drier habitats, including turkey oak sandhills.	A Southeastern Coastal Plain species, V. virgatum occurs from se. NC south to FL and west to e. TX.
Ericaceae	Zenobia	Zenobia, Honey-cups
Ericaceae	Zenobia pulverulenta	Zenobia, Honey-cups	Pocosins, margins of pineland ponds.	This monotypic genus is a narrow endemic of the Coastal Plain of se. VA, NC, SC, and e. GA (Bryan Co.).