PLANTS Profile for Calluna vulgaris (heather)

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PLANTS Profile

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull
heather

Symbol:

CAVU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I
SPM		I

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Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

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Distribution:
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, MA, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, RI, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 1 species in Calluna

Classification:
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

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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	Calluna Salisb. – heather
Species	Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull – heather

Introduced Information:
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

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:
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23634.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/13/2008 02:00 AM MDT