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Vascular Plant Database Family Results



Category: Dicots

Family Name: Ericaceae

Species Name
 
Buxella -  Maps/Photos
  1. Buxella brachycera (Michx.) Small   
     Common Name: box huckleberry
     Synonymns:
      Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) Gray
 
Chimaphila -  Maps/Photos
  2. Chimaphila maculata (L.) Pursh   
     Common Name: pipsissewa, spotted wintergreen
 
Epigaea -  Maps/Photos
  3. Epigaea repens L.   
     Common Name: trailing arbutus
 
Gaultheria -  Maps/Photos
  4. Gaultheria procumbens L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: teaberry, mountain tea, wintergreen
 
Gaylussacia -  Maps/Photos
  5. Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: black huckleberry
  6. Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torr. & Gray (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: dwarf huckleberry
  7. Gaylussacia ursina (M.A. Curtis) Torr. & Gray ex Gray   
     Common Name: bear huckleberry, mountain huckleberry
 
Kalmia -  Maps/Photos
  8. Kalmia carolina Small (TN Endangered Species-Possibly Extirpated)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: Carolina laurel, lambkill
     Synonymns:
      Kalmia angustifolia L. var. carolina (Small) Fern.
  9. Kalmia latifolia L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: mountain laurel
 
Leiophyllum -  Maps/Photos
  10. Leiophyllum buxifolium (P.J. Berg.) Ell.   
     NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
     Common Name: sand myrtle
 
Leucothoe -  Maps/Photos
  11. Leucothoe fontanesiana (Steud.) Sleumer   
     Common Name: highland dog hobble
     Synonymns:
      Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D. Don var. editorum (Fern. & Schub.) Ahles
      Leucothoe editorum Fern. & Schub.
  12. Leucothoe racemosa (L.) Gray (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: swamp dog hobble, fetterbush
  13. Leucothoe recurva (Buckl.) Gray   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: redtwig dog hobble, fetterbush
 
Lyonia -  Maps/Photos
  14. Lyonia ligustrina (L.) DC.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: maleberry, staggerbush
 
Menziesia -  Maps/Photos
  15. Menziesia pilosa (Michx.) Juss. (TN Special Concern Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: minnie bush
 
Monotropa -  Maps/Photos
  16. Monotropa hypopithys L.   
     Common Name: pinesap
  17. Monotropa uniflora L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland -
     Common Name: Indian pipe
 
Monotropsis -  Maps/Photos
  18. Monotropsis odorata Schwein. (TN Threatened Species)  
     Common Name: sweet pinesap, pygmy pipes
     Synonymns:
      Monotropsis lehmaniae Burnham
 
Oxydendrum -  Maps/Photos
  19. Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.   
     NWI R2 TN: No Wetland Indicator
     Common Name: sourwood
 
Pieris -  Maps/Photos
  20. Pieris floribunda (Pursh ex Sims) Benth. & Hook. (TN Threatened Species)  
     Common Name: mountain fetter bush
 
Pyrola -  Maps/Photos
  21. Pyrola americana Sweet (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: American wintergreen
     Synonymns:
      Pyrola rotundifolia L. var. americana (Sweet) Fern.
 
Rhododendron -  Maps/Photos
  22. Rhododendron alabamense Rehder   
     Common Name: Alabama azalea
  23. Rhododendron arborescens (Pursh) Torr.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: sweet azalea, smooth azalea
  24. Rhododendron calendulaceum (Michx.) Torr.   
     Common Name: flame azalea
  25. Rhododendron canescens (Michx.) Sweet   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland -
     Common Name: southern pinxter azalea
  26. Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.   
     Common Name: Catawba rosebay, mountain rosebay, purple laurel
  27. Rhododendron cumberlandense E.L. Braun   
     Common Name: Cumberland azalea
     Synonymns:
      Rhododendron bakeri auct. non (Lemmon & McKay) Hume
  28. Rhododendron maximum L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative -
     Common Name: great laurel, rosebay
  29. Rhododendron minus Michx.   
     Common Name: piedmont rhododendron
     Synonymns:
      Rhododendron carolinianum Rehd.
  30. Rhododendron periclymenoides (Michx.) Shinners   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: pink azalea, pinxterbloom
  31. Rhododendron viscosum (L.) Torr.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland +
     Common Name: clammy azalea
 
Vaccinium -  Maps/Photos
  32. Vaccinium arboreum Marsh.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Upland
     Common Name: farkleberry
  33. Vaccinium corymbosum L.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative Wetland
     Common Name: highbush blueberry
     Synonymns:
      Vaccinium constablaei Gray
  34. Vaccinium elliottii Chapm. (TN Endangered Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
     Common Name: Elliott's blueberry, mayberry
  35. Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative
     Common Name: bearberry, southern mountain cranberry
  36. Vaccinium fuscatum Ait.   
     NWI R2 TN: Facultative +
     Common Name: black highbush blueberry
     Synonymns:
      Vaccinium atrococcum (Gray) Heller
  37. Vaccinium hirsutum Buckl.   
     Common Name: woolly blueberry, hairy blueberry
  38. Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. (TN Threatened Species)  
     NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
     Common Name: cranberry
  39. Vaccinium pallidum Ait.   
     Common Name: lowbush blueberry
     Synonymns:
      Vaccinium vacillans Kalm ex Torr.
  40. Vaccinium stamineum L.   
     Common Name: deerberry

 

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