Plant	Leaves
Flowers	Fruit

Height: 10-30cm
Ericoid Mycorrhizal
Persistent Seed Bank
Hermaphrodite, Flowering May - August (Earliest: 6.5)

Protective Chemicals
Iridoids	Monotropein
Flavonoids	Catechin, Kaempferol, Quercetin
Other Phenolics	Benzoic, Caffeoyl, Ferulic, & Gallic Acids, Arbutin, Ericolin, Tannins
Other Acids	Citric

Biotopes:	Heath and Moorland	Peat Bogs and Mires	Spruce Forest Edge
Flower Visitors:	Andrena lapponica	Bombus hypnorum	Pyrgus malvae
Parasites:	Monilinia urnula	Exobasidium vaccinii	Valdensia heterodoxa	Coleophora vacciniella
	Coleophora vitisella	Ectoedemia weaveri	Phyllonorycter junoniella
Herbivores:	Callophrys rubi Larva	Several Noctuidae Larvae	Many Tortricidae	Macrothylacia rubi
	Caliroa annulipes
Possible Herbivores:	Several Geometridae	Several Tortricidae	Polia bombycina Larva	Strophosoma capitatum
Possible Florivores:	Eana incanana
Possible Granivores:	Scolopostethus decoratus

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Cowberry

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey

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