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Ericaceae                                       Heath Family

 Herbs or shrubs; leaves simple, usually alternate, no stipules; flowers regular, or nearly so; corolla four or five lo-bed; stamens as many or twice as many as the corolla lobes; style single; fruit sometimes a drupe, sometimes a berry.

 

Arbutus menziesii

Arctostaphylos columbiana 

Arctostaphylos nevadensis

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Cassiope mertensiana

Chimaphila umbellata

Gaultheria shallon

Monotropa uniflora  

Orthilia secunda   (Pyrola secunda)

Phyllodoce empetriformis

Rhododendron albiflorum

Vaccinium ovatum

Vaccinium parvifolium