BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

ERICACEAE (heaths and heathers)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Agapetes stenantha (a house plant)						1
Species	Agapetes variegata (a house plant)						1
Species	Agauria buxifolia (a house plant)						1
Species	Agauria salicifolia (a house plant)						1
Species	Andromeda polifolia L. (Bog Rosemary)		3				7
Genus	Arbutus (strawberry trees)	1				2	4
Genus	Arctostaphylos (bearberries)	2	16			2	8
Species	Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull (Heather)		18	9			81
Genus	Camellia (camellias)						7
Genus	Cavendishea (a genus of house plants)	3
Species	Cavendishea bracteata (a house plant)						1
Species	Cavendishea complectens (a house plant)						1
Species	Cavendishea strobilifera (a house plant)						1
Aggregate	Ceratostoma sp. cult. (a house plant)						1
Species	Costera endertii (a house plant)						1
Species	Dimorphotheca dryophila (a house plant)						1
Species	Dimorphotheca megacalyx (a house plant)						1
Species	Diogenesia amplectens (a house plant)						1
Genus	Diplycosia (a genus of house plants)	3					3
Aggregate	Disterigma sp. cult. (a house plant)						1
Genus	Erica (bell heathers)	16	25			2	33
Genus	Gaultheria (pickly heaths)	2					2
Genus	Kalmia (sheep- and bog-laurels)	1
Species	Kalmia latifolia (Mountain Laurel, Spoonwood)						1
Species	Leucothoe fontanesiana (Highland Doghobble, Drooping Leucothoe)						1
Species	Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. (Trailing Azalea)		1
Species	Macleania glabra (a house plant)						1
Species	Pieris japonica (Thunb.) D.Don (Pieris)						2
Genus	Rhododendron (rhododendrons and azaleas)	50	5		8	1	163
Genus	Vaccinium (bilberries and cranberries)	15	29	5		1	87

Ericoid mycorrhizal association: ability to adapt to a braod range of habitats

ERICACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

Associated with ERICACEAE:

leaf (dead)	dead leaf is decayed by fruitbody	Marasmius androsaceus - Horsehair Parachute (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena argentata - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
pollen	pollen is collected to provision nest of female	Andrena fuscipes - a solitary bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)	Macdonald, M.A., in prep.
root (live)	live root is mycorrhizal host of fruitbody	Clavaria argillacea - Moor Club (Agaricales: Clavariaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stem (dead)	dead stem is decayed by fruitbody	Marasmius androsaceus - Horsehair Parachute (Agaricales: Marasmiaceae)	Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005

Ericaceae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005	Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Macdonald, M.A., in prep.	Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates