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Each value Trefle shows for Erica mackaiana, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Source not recorded6 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	Bab.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	"J. T. Mackay, Fl. hibern. 181. 1836 ""<I>mackaiana</I>"""	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
Descriptive
Common name	Mackay's heath	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	60 cm	60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 5 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 174, 178	Sourced
Biological type	chamaephyte	chamaephyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178	Sourced
Maximum height	empty	60 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 68, 174, 178	Not on the record
Phenology
Bloom months	feb	feb · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Sourced
Duration	empty	perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Ecology
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	empty	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation	empty	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 445	Not on the record
Soil nutriments	empty	1 / 9 · extremely poor (hyperoligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178	Not on the record
Soil salinity	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils	0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178	Sourced
Other
Propagation method	—	vegetative · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 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 mackaiana Bab. 12% complete

Mackay's heath

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