ericaceous

• “The acid testUnless you're one of the few Britons who garden on acidic soil, you'll need ericaceous compost to grow blueberries, azaleas and rhododendrons.”

  The Guardian: In the garden this week: Peat-free acid compost and tomatoes

• “Heath balds represent the xeric extreme at higher elevations and are dominated by ericaceous shrubs such as Rhododenron catawbiense, R. minus, Kalmia latifolia and Leiophyllum buxfolium.”

  Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States

• “A large proportion of the plant species in shrubby vegetation, common in the Arctic, associate with ecto - or ericaceous mycorrhizal fungi.”

  Effects of changes in climate and UV radiation levels on structure of arctic ecosystems in the short and long term

• “Examples include orchids, ferns, and herbs in warm springs on West Greenland (although orchids and ferns are unlikely to become widely distributed), ericaceous dwarf shrubs in some inner fjords of Svalbard, and the large shrubs/small trees of the North Slope of Alaska.”

  Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges

• “Strong relationships between growth and temperature in the circumpolar ericaceous dwarf shrub Cassiope tetragona and the feather moss Hylocomium splendens can be used to model range changes.”

  Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges

• “However, recent studies with the heather '' Calluna vulgaris '' [79], bilberry [80], and lingonberry [81] have demonstrated improved frost resistance caused by extra nitrogen, probably because these ericaceous species are plants adapted to low-nutrient habitats, such as those at high latitudes.”

  Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation

• “Forests of this ecoregion are dominated by stands of black spruce (Picea mariana) and jack pine (Pinus banksiana), with a shrub layer of ericaceous shrubs (Ericaceae) and a ground cover of moss and lichens.”

  Midwestern Canadian Shield forests

• “Drier sites can support open stands of white spruce, ericaceous shrubs and a ground cover of mosses and lichens.”

  Northern Canadian Shield taiga

• “Black spruce and dwarf larch Larix larieina scrub colonises exposed moraines, giving way to an ericaceous shrub formation in the more exposed and unstable areas with alpine bearberry Anctostaphylos alpina, alpine azalea Loiseleuria procumbens and diapensia.”

  Gros Morne National Park, Canada

• “Phipps and Goodier classify these heathlands into ericaceous and proteaceous types.”

  Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic

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