Heathers: 1 Crowberry (Empetrum), Common Heather (Calluna) and other heather species
Empetrum nigrum Crowberry |
Calluna vulgaris Common Heather |
Harrimanella hypnoides Mossy Mountain-heather |
Loiseleuria procumbens Trailing Azalea |
Phyllodoce coerulea Blue Heath |
See below for more heather species |
Heathers 2: "berry" heather species
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry |
Vaccinium uliginosum Bog Bilberry |
Vaccinium myrtillus Bilberry |
Vaccinium microcarpum Small Cranberry |
Heathers 3: wintergreen species
Note until recently wintergreen species were regarded as single family (Pyrolaceae). Recent DNA studies led specialists to include them in the heather (Ericaceae) family.
Pyrola minor Common Wintergreen |
Pyrola grandiflora Arctic Wintergreen |
Orthilia secunda Serrated Wintergreen |