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Erica
Erica
51.3769, 4.44927
Field Notes
Description:
Erica is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Most of the species are small shrubs from 20–150 cm high. All are evergreen with needle-like leaves. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes borne in terminal umbels or spikes, and are usually outward or downward facing.
Habitat:
Dwarf-shrub habitats, open acidic woodland.
Notes:
Plants of this genus are eaten mainly by the larvae of many Lepidoptera species including Emperor Moth, Garden tiger moth, True Lover's Knot, Wormwood Pug and the Coleophora case-bearers C. juncicolella and C. pyrrhulipennella.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2014
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