DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Calluna vulgaris | Heather 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Heather is naturalized in North America from Newfoundland west to
Michigan and south through Nova Scotia and the New England states to the
mountains of West Virginia.  It is widespread throughout Europe
[7,40,41].

Most of the information contained in this write-up is taken from
research conducted in western Europe.


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES10  White - red - jack pine
   FRES11  Spruce - fir
   FRES15  Oak - hickory
   FRES18  Maple - beech - birch
   FRES19  Aspen - birch


STATES : 
     CT  ME  MD  MA  MI  NH  NJ  NY  PA  RI
     VT  WV  NB  NF  NS  ON  PQ


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
NO-ENTRY


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


SAF COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Some common plant associates of heather in Europe include Scotch pine
(Pinus sylvestris), Norway spruce (Picea abies), birch (Betula spp.),
heath (Erica spp.), dwarf bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), mountain
cranberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea), bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi),
crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), willow (Salix spp.), red raspberry (Rubus
idaeus), sheathed cottonsedge (Eriophorum vaginatum), bracken fern
(Pteridium aquilinum), sedges (Carex spp.), hairgrass (Deschampsia
flexuosa), moor-grass (Molinia spp.), reindeer lichens (Cladonia spp.),
Sphagnum spp., fire moss (Ceratodon purpureus), Polytrichum spp.,
mountain fern moss (Hylocomium splendens), and feathermoss (Pleurozium
schreberi) [1,15,43,45].
 

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