Calluna vulgaris

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Status

Native

Nomenclature

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull Euro+Med Plantbase

Species data in Europe

See the complete information sheet in FloraVeg.EU

Habitats

This species has been recorded in the following habitats (only habitats with species frequency > 5% are shown).:
Alpigenic high mountain Empetrum-Vaccinium heaths 99%, Genista sanabrensis cushion-heaths 87%, Southern wet heaths 87%, Submontane Vaccinium-Calluna heaths 86%, Atlantic Erica-Ulex heaths 74%, Juniperus communis subsp. alpina scrub on acid soils 60%, Genista obtusiramea fields 51%, Sub-Atlantic Pteridium aquilinum fields 51%, Quercus suber forest 50%, Maritime Pinus pinaster subsp. atlantica forests 48%, Iberoatlantic blanket bogs 48%, Submediterranean Erica heaths 47%, Ulex europaeus thickets 43%, Iberian silicicolous Pinus sylvestris forests 43%, Iberoatlantic raised bogs 39%, Erica arborea heaths 34%, Tall Cistus maquis 32%, Agrostis-Festuca grassland 31%, Cantabrian Festuca eskia closed grasslands 30%, Trichophorum cespitosum and Narthecium ossifragum acidic fens 25%, Cantabrian Nardus stricta swards 24%, Cytisus scoparius fields 21%, High maquis 18%, Cytisus striatus and C. commutatus fields 17%, Genista florida fields 17%, Mixed forests on acid soils 16%, Cantabrian acidophilous stripped grasslands 15%, Genista hispanica/legionensis scrublands 14%, Carex nigra, Carex canescens, Carex echinata fens 14%, Atlantic poor soil thickets 11%, Montane Betula celtiberica forests 10%, Juncus acutiflorus meadows 9%, Quercus pyrenaica forest 9%, Iberoatlantic Quercus rotundifolia forests on acid soils 8%, Atlantic acidophilous Fagus forests 8%, Cantabrian neutro-basophilous fens 6%, Mountain Quercus forests on acid soils 6%, Alpigenous acidophilous grassland 5%, Juniperus communis subsp. alpina scrub on non-acid soils 5%