Ericaceae

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Ericaceae - heathers family Ericaceae, heath familydilleniid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsEricales, order Ericales - Ericaceae; Clethraceae; Diapensiaceae; Epacridaceae; Lennoaceae; Pyrolaceae; Monotropaceaeheath - a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowersgenus Erica - large genus of low much-branched woody evergreens ranging from prostrate subshrubs to trees: true heathsgenus Andromeda - low-growing shrubs of northern regions of northern hemispheregenus Arbutus - large evergreen shrubs and trees of southern Europe and western North America: strawberry tree; madronaArctostaphylos, genus Arctostaphylos - bearberry; manzanitaBruckenthalia, genus Bruckenthalia - a genus containing only one species: spike heathgenus Bryanthus - a genus allied to and once included in genus PhyllodoceCalluna, genus Calluna - one speciesCassiope, genus Cassiope - low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north temperate regions having moss-like foliage and nodding white or pink flowersChamaedaphne, genus Chamaedaphne - one species: leatherleafDaboecia, genus Daboecia - a dicotyledonous genus of the family EricaceaeEpigaea, genus Epigaea - small creeping evergreen shrubs: trailing arbutusGaultheria, genus Gaultheria - widely distributed genus of creeping or upright evergreen shrubsGaylussacia, genus Gaylussacia - deciduous or evergreen shrubs of North America: black huckleberriesgenus Kalmia - erect evergreen shrubs: mountain laurelgenus Ledum, Ledum - evergreen shrubs of north temperate regionsgenus Leiophyllum, Leiophyllum - one species: sand myrtlegenus Leucothoe - American and Asiatic deciduous and evergreen shrubsgenus Loiseleuria, Loiseleuria - one species: alpine azaleagenus Lyonia, Lyonia - evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of United States to Antilles and eastern Asia to the Himalayagenus Menziesia, Menziesia - deciduous shrubs of North America and eastern Asiagenus Oxydendrum, Oxydendrum - sourwoodgenus Phyllodoce, Phyllodoce - small genus of evergreen Arctic and alpine shrubsgenus Pieris, Pieris - decorative evergreen shrubs of woody vinesgenus Rhododendron - large genus of evergreen shrubs native to cooler regions of the northern hemisphere having showy flowersgenus Vaccinium, Vaccinium - evergreen or deciduous berry-bearing shrubs of northern hemisphere: cranberries; blueberries