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Sourced5 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded14 Not on the record6 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	R.Ross	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Watsonia 7: 164 (1969)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1969	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Irish heath	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	W. Ireland, SW. France to Iberian Pen., N. Morocco	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	27 cm	27.25 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 26 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 174, 178, 421	Differs from sources
Biological type	nanophanerophyte	nanophanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178	Sourced
Flower color	purple	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Growth habit	Shrub	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Maximum height	160 cm	160 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 174, 178, 421	Sourced
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jan, feb, mar	mar · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Differs from sources
Duration	empty	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ground humidity	empty	8 / 12 · very wet, flooded several months a year (hydrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Ph maximum	pH 5.5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Ph minimum	pH 5	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Soil nutriments	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic)	2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Sourced
Other
Human usage type	—	ornamental · TRY Plant Trait Database · Reported · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 68	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 28 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	2 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record

Erica erigena R.Ross, 1969 33% complete

Irish heath

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