Plant |
Leaves |
Flower |
Fruit |
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Plant |
Leaves |
|
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 15-80cm, Age: <15 yr
Ericoid Mycorrhizal
Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September
(Earliest: 24.6)
| Protective Chemicals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glycosides | Ericolin | ||||
| Flavonoids | Apigenin, Callunin, Kaempferol, Procyanidin, Quercetin, Querectin, Rodiolinozide | ||||
| Other Phenolics | Caffeoylquinic & Chlorogenic Acids, Arbutin, Orcinol, Quinol, Tannins | ||||
| Biotopes: |
Heath and Moorland |
Spruce Forest Edge | ||
| Pollination: | Wind | |||
| Flower Visitors: |
Several Apidae |
Mellinus arvensis |
Several Lycaenidae |
Several Nymphalidae |
Pieris napi |
Pieris rapae |
Autographa gamma |
Several Muscidae | |
Many Syrphidae |
Melinda gentilis |
Pollenia amentaria |
Gymnosoma costatum | |
Sarcophaga carnaria |
Fannia umbrosa |
Scathophaga stercoraria |
Sepsis fulgens | |
Empis vitripennis |
Botanophila discreta |
Ochlerotatus communis |
Dilophus febrilis | |
| Herbivores: |
Cervus elaphus |
Callophrys rubi Larva |
Celastrina argiolus Larva |
Several Erebidae |
Many Geometridae |
Several Lasiocampidae |
Many Noctuidae |
Several Tortricidae Larvae | |
Matilella fusca Larva |
Pempelia palumbella Larva |
Euclidia mi Larva |
Neofaculta ericetella Larva | |
Saturnia pavonia |
Several Chrysomelidae |
Strophosoma capitatum | ||
| Sapivores: |
Globiceps fulvicollis |
Picromerus bidens |
Rhacognathus punctatus |
Lygus pratensis |
Macrodema microptera |
Philaenus spumarius | |||
| Florivores: |
Several Geometridae |
Elaphria venustula Larva | ||
| Granivores: |
Scolopostethus decoratus |
Rhopalus parumpunctatus | ||
| Nests: |
Saxicola rubicola |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Heather
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