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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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    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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    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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  • rosebay willowherb in Britain Rhododendron, a genus of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, sometimes referred to by the common name rosebay in the United States...
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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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    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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    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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    they prefer living near or under trees. They are part of the family Ericaceae. Plant enthusiasts have selectively bred azaleas for hundreds of years...
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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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    Japanese pieris, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan, where it grows in mountain...
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    Rhododendron japonicum (category Ericaceae stubs)
    japonicum, the Japanese azalea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to Japan. A deciduous shrub reaching 8 ft (2.4 m) but usually...
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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, that bears edible fruit. It is native to boreal forest and Arctic tundra...
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  • This is a list of flora that are native to the U.S. state of Washington. Sambucus nigra ― blue elderberry Sambucus racemosa ― red elderberry Viburnum edule...
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    Primulaceae Theaceae Symplocaceae Diapensiaceae Styracaceae Sarraceniaceae Roridulaceae Actinidiaceae Clethraceae Cyrillaceae Ericaceae Mitrastemonaceae...
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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...
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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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    Pieris (plant) (category Ericaceae genera)
    /ˈpɪərɪs/) is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the flowering plant family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North...
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  • Calcifuge (section Ericaceae)
    A calcifuge is a plant that does not tolerate alkaline (basic) soil. The word is derived from the Latin 'to flee from chalk'. These plants are also described...
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    Rhododendron, in the family Vaccinia or Aireles (Family 22/58, later Ericaceae). Adanson gives genus Tsutsusi as synonymous with the earlier Azalea L...
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    Rhododendron indicum (category Ericaceae stubs)
    Cafferty and Charles E. Jarvis. Typification of Linnaean Plant Names in Ericaceae. Taxon Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 2002), pp. 751-753 Wikimedia Commons has...
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    heath or alpine heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, native to mountainous areas of central, eastern and southern Europe,...
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    Pentachondra pumila. M. dealbata is a small prostrate woody shrub, part of the Ericaceae family, that forms dense, cushion-like mats of up to 400mm wide and 30mm...
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    Rhododendron subg. Hymenanthes (category Ericaceae stubs)
    D. (July–September 2005). "The molecular systematics of Rhododendron (Ericaceae): a phylogeny based upon RPB2 gene sequences". Systematic Botany. 30 (3):...
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    species of flowering plant in the Rhododendron genus of the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to the Iberian Peninsula in southwest Europe and the Caucasus...
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    Rhododendron subg. Azaleastrum (category Ericaceae stubs)
    D. (July–September 2005). "The molecular systematics of Rhododendron (Ericaceae): a phylogeny based upon RPB2 gene sequences". Systematic Botany. 30 (3):...
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    Primulaceae Theaceae Symplocaceae Diapensiaceae Styracaceae Sarraceniaceae Roridulaceae Actinidiaceae Clethraceae Cyrillaceae Ericaceae Mitrastemonaceae...
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  • Asparagaceae), known as the Mexican Grass Tree Dracophyllum (family: Ericaceae), a genus of about 100 species sometimes known as grass-trees Kingia australis...
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