Plant	Leaves
Flower	Fruit

Height: 15-80cm, Age: <15 yr
Ericoid Mycorrhizal
Hermaphrodite, Flowering July - September (Earliest: 5.7)

Habitat:	Heath and Moorland	Spruce Forest Edge
Pollination:	Wind	Several Apidae	Several Nymphalidae	Several Lycaenidae
	Pieris napi	Pieris rapae	Autographa gamma	Many Syrphidae
	Gymnosoma nudifrons	Musca autumnalis	Neomyia cornicina	Pollenia amentaria
	Ochlerotatus punctor	Dilophus febrilis
Herbivores:	Celastrina argiolus Larva	Several Geometridae	Diacrisia sannio Larva	Cybosia mesomella Larva
	Anarta myrtilli	Macrothylacia rubi	Neofaculta ericetella Larva	Acleris hyemana Larva
	Altica oleracea
Sapivores:	Ophiola decumana
Nests:	Saxicola rubicola

Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora: Heather

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