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Internal ID UUID64401ab2e6536524652680
Scientific name Erica tetralix
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 353 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Tetralix septentrionalis E.Mey. Preuss. Pflanzengatt. 100 (1839).
Eremocallis glomerata Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. ii. 398 (1821).
Erica botuliformis Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 369. 1802
Erica calycinades J.Forbes Eric. Woburn. 4.
Erica glomerata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 293. 1796 [Nov-Dec 1796]
Erica martinesii Lag. ex Benth. Prodr. 7: 665 (1839)
Ericoides glomeratum (Andrews) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 966 (1891)
Ericoides mackeyi Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891)
Ericoides tetralix (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891)
Erica tetralix var. quinaria Guffroy Bulletin de la Société botanique de France 74: 17-39 (1927)
Ericodes tetralix (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 967 (1891)
Erica tetralix f. glandulosa L.Chev. Bulletin de L'Herbier Boissier 6: App. 4: 2, 7, 10 (1898)
Erica tetralix f. eglandulosa L.Chev. Bulletin de L'Herbier Boissier 6: App. 4: 10 (1898)
Erica tetralix var. martinezii Lag. ex Benth. Prodromus 7: 665 (1839)

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Language Common/alternative name
English crossleaf heath
English cross-leaved heath
English bog heather
Spanish mogariza
Spanish berecebo
Spanish queiriño setembrino
Spanish eremocallis glomerata
Spanish erica botuliformis
Spanish erica glomerata
Spanish ericodes tetralix
Spanish tetralix septentrionalis
Spanish escobón
Spanish brezo
Spanish berecillo
Spanish berecillo de las escobas
Spanish berezo
Spanish berezo de humedad
Spanish berezo de laguna
Spanish berezo de los trampales
Spanish brecino
Spanish brezo de bonal
Spanish brezo de las turberas
Spanish brezo en cruz
Spanish mogaliza
Spanish escoba de trampal
Spanish escoba de monte
Spanish escoba de brecina
Spanish escoba de berecillo
Spanish carroncha
Spanish brezo de turbera
Spanish brezo tomillar
Spanish carpazo
Catalan bruyère quaternée
Catalan bruc d'aiguamoll
Czech vřesovec ladní
Czech vřesovec čtyřřadý
Welsh grug deilgroes
Welsh grug croesddail
Danish klokkelyng
Danish klokke-lyng
German doppheide
German bruyère quaternée
German torfheide
German sumpfheide
German glockenheide
German echte glockenheide
German forchheide
German frühlingsheide
German glocken-heide
German moor-glockenheide
German suerheid
Estonian soo-eerika
Estonian soo-erika
Basque txilar lauhosto
Finnish nummikellokanerva
Finnish kellokanerva
French bruyère à quatre angles
French bruyère des marais
French bruyère quaternée
French bruyère tétragone
French bruyere des marais
frr hiasruus
Irish fraoch naoscaí
Galician carroucha das brañas
Icelandic haustlyng
Japanese エリカ・テトラリクス
Cornish grug krowsdhel
Lithuanian tyrulinė erika
Lithuanian bruyère quaternée
Latvian grīņa sārtene
Norwegian Bokmål poselyng
Norwegian Bokmål klokkelyng
Dutch gewone dopheide
Dutch gewone dophei
Norwegian Nynorsk klokkelyng
Polish wrzosiec bagienny
Russian Эрика четырёхмерная
Slovak vresovec štvorradový
Slovenian križnolistna resa
stq dopheede
Swedish bruyère quaternée
Swedish klockljung
Chinese 四齿欧石南
Chinese 貝爾石南花

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  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
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    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Nova Scotia
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
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      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • New Hampshire
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • West Virginia
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • North Carolina

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000673399
Flora of Alabama 5571
Canadensys 9634
USDA Plants ERTE4
Tropicos 12300025
INPN 96695
Flora of Italy 3724
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329737-1
The Plant List kew-2794578
NCBI Taxonomy 49144
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000003903
Nature Serve 2.129266
IPNI 329737-1
iNaturalist 162431
GBIF 5333412
Freebase /m/08g6sd
EPPO EIATT
EOL 582110
Elurikkus 4606
USDA GRIN 15494
Wikipedia Erica_tetralix

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Vascular plants and mosses as bioindicators of variability of the coastal pine forest (Empetro nigri-Pinetum) Wolski GJ, Sobisz Z, Mitka J, Kruk A, Jukonienė I, Popiela A Sci Rep 02-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10761821
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-50189-y
PMID:38167576
Peatland restoration pathways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and retain peat carbon Mander Ü, Espenberg M, Melling L, Kull A Biogeochemistry 08-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC11068583
doi:10.1007/s10533-023-01103-1
PMID:38707516
Cessation of grazing causes biodiversity loss and homogenization of soil food webs Schrama M, Quist CW, Arjen de Groot G, Cieraad E, Ashworth D, Laros I, Hansen LH, Leff J, Fierer N, Bardgett RD Proc Biol Sci 15-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10646472
doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.1345
PMID:37964526
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
Regional differences in water beetle communities networks settling in dystrophic lakes in northern Poland Pakulnicka J, Kruk M Sci Rep 05-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10404283
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-39689-z
PMID:37543705
Scientific modelling can be accessible, interoperable and user friendly: A case study for pasture and livestock modelling in Spain Marquez Torres A, Balbi S, Villa F PLoS One 24-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9957615
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0281348
PMID:36827966
Ecological impacts of the industrial revolution in a lowland raised peat bog near Manchester, NW England Garcés‐Pastor S, Fletcher WJ, Ryan PA Ecol Evol 14-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9926178
doi:10.1002/ece3.9807
PMID:36818526
Initial ecological change in plant and arthropod community composition after wildfires in designated areas of upland peatlands Kelly R, Montgomery WI, Reid N Ecol Evol 11-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9919495
doi:10.1002/ece3.9771
PMID:36789349
Scrub encroachment promotes biodiversity in temperate European wetlands under eutrophic conditions Brunbjerg AK, Fløjgaard C, Frøslev TG, Andersen DK, Bruun HH, Dalby L, Goldberg I, Lehmann LJ, Moeslund JE, Ejrnæs R Ecol Evol 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9627074
doi:10.1002/ece3.9445
PMID:36340817
Importance of water level management for peatland outflow water quality in the face of climate change and drought Salimi S, Scholz M Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 02-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9553818
doi:10.1007/s11356-022-20614-2
PMID:35653024
Atmospheric pollution, soil nutrients and climate effects on Mucoromycota arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Kowal J, Arrigoni E, Jarvis S, Zappala S, Forbes E, Bidartondo MI, Suz LM Environ Microbiol 31-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9544493
doi:10.1111/1462-2920.16040
PMID:35641308
Habitat Protection Approaches Facilitate Conservation of Overlooked Fungal Diversity – A Case Study From the Norwegian Coastal Heathland System Blaalid R, Davey ML Front Fungal Biol 27-May-2022
PMCID:PMC10512255
doi:10.3389/ffunb.2022.886685
PMID:37746238
Highest densities of mountain hares (Lepus timidus) associated with ecologically restored bog but not grouse moorland management Bedson CP, Wheeler PM, Reid N, Harris WE, Mallon D, Caporn S, Preziosi R Ecol Evol 31-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8968167
doi:10.1002/ece3.8744
PMID:35386872
Integrating demography and distribution modeling for the iconic Leontopodium alpinum Colm. in the Romanian Carpathians Maghiar LM, Stoica IA, Tanentzap AJ Ecol Evol 25-Aug-2021
PMCID:PMC8462177
doi:10.1002/ece3.7864
PMID:34594502
Declines in occurrence of plants characteristic for a nutrient‐poor meadow habitat are partly explained by their responses to nutrient addition and competition Höckendorff S, Peintinger M, Fiedler F, Stift M, van Kleunen M Ecol Evol 07-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8093689
doi:10.1002/ece3.7306
PMID:33976794

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