PLANTS Profile for Erica tetralix (crossleaf heath)

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PLANTS Profile

Erica tetralix L.
crossleaf heath

Symbol:

ERTE4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Erica tetralix L.

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Distribution:
Erica tetralix L.


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USA (CT, MA, ME, NC, NH, NJ, OH, WV)

Related Taxa:
Erica tetralix L.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 7 species in Erica

Classification:
Erica tetralix L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Erica L. – heath
Species	Erica tetralix L. – crossleaf heath

Introduced Information:
Erica tetralix L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:
Erica tetralix L.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Erica tetralix L.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23650.

Time Generated: 10/12/2008 09:53 PM MDT