Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium Home Plants of Wisconsin Vascular Plants Name Search

Ericaceae: Heath

Genus  (Click for Taxon List)	WI Taxa (map link)	Photo	Genus Traits	Google Searches
Andromeda bog-rosemary	1		Petals united at least at the base, more or less closed at mouth. Flowers parts in sets of 5. Leaves rolled backward.	Images   Information
Arctostaphylos bearberry, manzanita	1		Petals united at least at the base, more or less closed at mouth. Flowers parts in sets of 5. Leaves flat and smooth.	Images   Information
Calluna heather	1		Petals united at least at the base. Leaves opposite or whorled. Flowers parts in sets of 4.	Images   Information
Chamaedaphne leather-leaf	1		Petals united at least at the base, more or less closed at mouth. Flowers parts in sets of 5. Flowers solitary in axil of leaves.	Images   Information
Epigaea mayflower, trailing-arbutus	1		Petals united at least at the base open at mouth. Flowers parts in sets of 5. Prostrate shrub. Fruit berry-like.	Images   Information
Gaultheria snowberry	2		Erect or trailing evergreen shrub with fleshy fruit. Petals united at least at the base. 4-5 seeds. Leaves alternate. Fruit with wintergreen flavor.	Images   Information
Gaylussacia huckleberry	1		Erect shrub. Leaves deciduous. Fruit fleshy with 10 seeds.	Images   Information
Kalmia American laurel, laurel	1		Petals united at least at the base open at mouth. Flowers parts in sets of 5. Erect shrub. Flowers saucer-shaped.	Images   Information
Ledum Labrador-tea	1		Petals all separate. Leaves wooly beneath	Images   Information
Rhododendron rhododendron, Lapland rosebay	1		Dwarf shrub. Showy pink funnel-like flowers open at mouth with stamens extending beyond end of petals. On cool rock cliffs overlooking rivers.	Images   Information
Vaccinium bilberry, blueberry, cranberry, huckleberry	8		Erect or trailing shrub with fleshy fruit. 4-5 seeds. Leaves smooth.	Images   Information