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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Agarista populifolia (Lam.) Judd

Pipeplant

Ericaceae 1 1 Observation

Arbutus menziesii Pursh

Pacific madrone

Ericaceae 698 631 Observations

Arbutus unedo L.

Strawberry tree

Ericaceae 11,842 9,120 Observations

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi (L.) Spreng.

Kinnikinnick

Ericaceae 1,500 1,081 Observations

Arctous alpina (L.) Nied.

Alpine bearberry

Ericaceae 5 4 Observations

Bejaria aestuans Mutis ex L.

 

Ericaceae 3 1 Observation

Bejaria racemosa Vent.

Flyweed

Ericaceae 13 11 Observations

Bejaria resinosa Mutis ex L.f.

 

Ericaceae 10 4 Observations

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

Common Heather

Ericaceae 6,565 5,237 Observations

Cassiope fastigiata (Wall.) D.Don

 

Ericaceae 230 199 Observations

Cassiope tetragona (L.) D.Don

White arctic mountain heather

Ericaceae 4 2 Observations

Cavendishia bracteata (Ruiz & Pav. ex J.St.Hil.) Hoerold

 

Ericaceae 9 3 Observations

Daboecia cantabrica (Huds.) K.Koch

Connemara Heath

Ericaceae 749 546 Observations

Empetrum nigrum L.

Black Crowberry

Ericaceae 807 661 Observations

Enkianthus campanulatus (Miq.) G.Nicholson

Red vein enkianthus

Ericaceae 111 76 Observations

Enkianthus cernuus (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Makino

 

Ericaceae 4 2 Observations

Enkianthus quinqueflorus Lour.

 

Ericaceae 1 1 Observation

Epigaea repens L.

Trailing arbutus

Ericaceae 130 119 Observations

Erica arborea L.

Briar-root

Ericaceae 3,967 3,088 Observations

Erica australis L.

Spanish heath

Ericaceae 167 103 Observations

Erica canaliculata Andrews

Christmas heather

Ericaceae 2 2 Observations

Erica ciliaris L.

Dorset heath

Ericaceae 67 40 Observations

Erica cinerea L.

Bell Heather

Ericaceae 3,899 3,078 Observations

Erica erigena R.Ross

Irish Heath

Ericaceae 156 87 Observations

Erica gracilis J.C.Wendl.

Cape heath (వాగు గుత్తులు)

Ericaceae 75 64 Observations

Erica herbacea L.

Snow Heath

Ericaceae 39 31 Observations

Erica lusitanica Rudolph

Spanish heath

Ericaceae 50 34 Observations

Erica mackaiana Bab.

Mackay's heath

Ericaceae 39 15 Observations

Erica scoparia L.

Besom Heath

Ericaceae 526 359 Observations

Erica spiculifolia Salisb.

Spike heath

Ericaceae 11 4 Observations

Erica terminalis Salisb.

Corsican Heath

Ericaceae 76 58 Observations

Erica tetralix L.

Bog Heather

Ericaceae 828 623 Observations

Erica vagans L.

Cornish Heath

Ericaceae 1,862 1,448 Observations

Gaultheria mucronata (L.f.) Hook. & Arn.

Prickly Heath

Ericaceae 340 255 Observations

Gaultheria shallon Pursh

Lemonleaf

Ericaceae 691 598 Observations

Harrimanella hypnoides (L.) Coville

Mossplant

Ericaceae 19 19 Observations

Kalmia angustifolia L.

Sheep laurel

Ericaceae 338 289 Observations

Kalmia latifolia L.

Mountain laurel

Ericaceae 1,245 1,049 Observations

Kalmia polifolia Wangenh.

Bog laurel

Ericaceae 98 83 Observations

Ledum palustre L.

Wild Rosemary

Ericaceae 296 245 Observations

Lyonia ferruginea (Walter) Nutt.

Rusty staggerbush

Ericaceae 7 7 Observations

Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.

Maleberry

Ericaceae 6 3 Observations

Lyonia lucida (Lam.) K. Koch

Fetterbush lyonia

Ericaceae 44 41 Observations

Macleania rupestris (Kunth) A.C.Sm.

 

Ericaceae 7 2 Observations

Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.

Sourwood

Ericaceae 281 215 Observations

Phyllodoce aleutica (Spreng.) A. Heller

Aleutian mountain heath

Ericaceae 1 1 Observation

Phyllodoce caerulea (L.) Bab.

Blue Heath

Ericaceae 129 77 Observations

Phyllodoce empetriformis (Sm.) D. Don

Pink mountainheath

Ericaceae 79 72 Observations

Pieris formosa (Wall.) D. Don

Formosan pieris

Ericaceae 14 6 Observations

Pieris japonica (Thunb.) D. Don ex G. Don

Japanese pieris

Ericaceae 1,421 1,143 Observations

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