heath family
Ericaceae
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...
9 branches of this family, most-observed first
typical heathers, azaleas, and allies
subfamilyEricoideae
blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries, and allies
subfamilyVaccinioideae
madrones, bearberries, and allies
subfamilyArbutoideae
Wintergreens
subfamilyPyroloideae
monotropes
subfamilyMonotropoideae
Epacrids, Styphelias and Allies
subfamilyEpacridoideae
bell-heathers
subfamilyCassiopoideae
enkianthuses
subfamilyEnkianthoideae
moss bell-heather subfamily
subfamilyHarrimanelloideae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133387.