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Heather (Calluna vulgaris) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 Native to Europe and Asia minor, this patch of Heather was found naturalized along a roadside near the top of Beech Mt. in Watauga Co., NC and may represent the first naturalized record of the species in North Carolina. |
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Heather (Calluna vulgaris) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 |
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Heather (Calluna vulgaris) Watauga Co., NC 23 July 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.
Created on May 7, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com