PLANTS Profile for Elliottia pyroliflora (copperbush)

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Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens
copperbush

Symbol:

ELPY

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Plant Image Collection. United States, AK, S.E. region, Sitka area, Harbor Mountain Road. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens

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Synonyms:
Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens

CLPY3

Cladothamnus pyroliflorus Bong.

Distribution:
Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens


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USA (AK, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 2 species in Elliottia

Classification:
Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens

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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	Elliottia Muhl. ex Elliot – elliottia
Species	Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens – copperbush

More Accounts and Images:
Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23643.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 11:49 AM MDT