Ericaceae

Certain taxa such as Ericaceae (Rhododendron spp.,

Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests 2008

Note 3: The scientific family names of the plants are Restionaceae, Ericaceae, and Proteaceae. back

Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008

The eastern district is delimited by the distribution of the endemic treelet Bonnetia roraimae; some genera endemic to this district include Quelchia, a shrubby member of the sunflower family, Connellia, in the Bromeliaceae, and Tepuia in the Ericaceae.

Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

Typically tropical highland or temperate Ericaceae become common in these cloud forests along with ferns.

Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

It includes characteristics such as thick moss cover and other non-vascular epiphytes on trunks and branches and the prevalence of woody hemiepiphytic lianas belonging to the families Ericaceae, Marcgraviaceae, and Melastomataceae, all of which have centers of diversity in the region.

Chocó-Darién moist forests 2007

Relationship between flowering time and fruit set of the entomophilous alpine shrub, '' Rhododendron aureum '' (Ericaceae), inhabiting snow patches.

Phenotypic responses of arctic species to changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation 2009

Near the forest limit, the forest is dominated by Ericaceae and Epacridacaeae.

Lorentz National Park, Indonesia 2008

The odds are high that a local endemic will be a member of a limited number of families (e.g. Ericaceae, Proteaceae, Rutaceae); will be a habitat specialist (usually edaphic); and will be a low, fire-killed shrub with restricted gene dispersal.

Lowland fynbos and renosterveld 2008

The alpine vegetation is typically tundra, and includes discontinuous patches of low-growing heather (Ericaceae), sedge (Carex spp.), and mountain avens (Dryas hookeriana).

Northern transitional alpine forests 2008

Alpine vegetation is also characterized by heather (Ericaceae) with sedges (Carex spp.) and mountain avens (Dryas hookeriana) on warmer sites.

Alberta Mountain forests 2008