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52.) ERICACEAE & GARRYACEAE

  • Arbutus unedo L. (Strawberry-tree) - Woodland
  • Rhododendron ponticum L. (ssp. baeticum (Boiss. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. - Stace) (Rhododendron) / Woodland
  • Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull (Heather) / Grassland
  • Erica cinerea L. (Bell Heather) / Grassland
  • Erica vagans L. (Cornish Heath) 1912 Grassland
  • Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. (Cowberry) 1837 Woodland
  • Vaccinium myrtillus L. (Bilberry) /- Woodland
  • Pyrola minor L. (Common Wintergreen) Woodland
  • Hypopitys monotropa Crantz ssp. monotropa (Stace, NBN) Monotropa hypopitys L. ssp. hypopitys (old name) (Yellow Bird's-nest) - Woodland
  • Aucuba japonica Thunb. (Spotted-laurel) / Woodland

Species to add:

  • Hypopitys monotropa ssp. monotropa x ssp. hypophegea - [BSBI record]
  • Hypopitys monotropa Crantz ssp. hypophegea (Wallr.) Tzvelev (Yellow Bird's-nest) - [BSBI records]

Camellia japonica (Japanese Camellia) found on Nortons Wood Lane near Clevedon in 2025 by D. Hawkins.