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Ericaceae — Heath Family

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Pieris floribunda (Pursh) Benth. ex Hook.

Pieris floribunda is an evergreen bushy shrub native to the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern US.

Pieris phillyreifolia (Hook.) DC.

Pieris phillyreifolia, or climbing fetterbush, is an evergreen perennial shrubby vine with white flowers native to the southeastern US.

Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don

Pieris formosa is an evergreen flowering shrub, whose 'Wakehurst' cultivar is an award-winning ornamental that attracts pollinators.

Agarista populifolia (Lam.) Judd

Florida hobblebush (Agarista populifolia) is an evergreen Ericaceae shrub found in southeastern US moist to wet woodlands.

Gaylussacia nana (A.Gray) Small

Gaylussacia nana, dwarf dangleberry, is a southeastern US coastal plain shrub with sweet edible fruits.

Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray

Gaylussacia brachycera (box huckleberry) is a low, self-sterile evergreen shrub native to eastern North America, known for very old clonal colonies.

Gaylussacia mosieri Small

Gaylussacia mosieri (hirsute or woolly huckleberry) is a southeastern US coastal plain shrub that grows in swamps and marshes.

Gaylussacia tomentosa (A.Gray) Small

Gaylussacia tomentosa (hairy dangleberry) is a North American southeastern coastal plain shrub that grows in sandy habitats.

Gaylussacia ursina (M.A.Curtis) Torr. & A.Gray ex A.Gray

Bear huckleberry (Gaylussacia ursina) is a native southern Appalachian shrub with sweet, juicy black fruits.

Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb.

Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. is an East and Southeast Asian small tree or shrub grown for its edible fruit and leaf dye.

Vaccinium L.

Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry) is a fire-tolerant deciduous shrub native to northeastern North America, cultivated for its edible berries.

Vaccinium tenellum Aiton

Vaccinium tenellum Aiton is a deciduous blueberry shrub native to the southeastern United States.

Vaccinium boreale I.V.Hall & Aalders

Vaccinium boreale is a small lowbush wild blueberry native to northeastern North America.

Vaccinium hirsutum Buckley

Vaccinium hirsutum, the hairy blueberry, is an endemic Appalachian heath shrub that produces hairy black berries.

Vaccinium cylindraceum Sm.

Vaccinium cylindraceum Sm., the Azores blueberry, is a 3m shrub native to most Azores islands.

Vaccinium arctostaphylos L.

Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. is a blue-fruited edible shrub native to parts of Europe and Western Asia, with fruit extract that may benefit lipid profiles.