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shrub or small tree with a typical height in the wild of some 7 m (23 ft), especially in Africa, but more typically 1–4 m (3–13 ft) in gardens. It bears dark green needle-like leaves and numerous small honey-scented bell-shaped white
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in semi-harid habitats, but can also be found in forest undergrowth up to 1400 m a.s.l. in fresher and more humid environments. It prefers acidic or acidified soils derived from siliceous substrates. It is also present in an isolated population in the
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In Macaronesia, it occurs in thermophilous forests, dominating dry and shallow soils, southern aspects, and forest margins. Throughout the Mediterranean Basin, its distribution is not continuous, extending from the Atlantic coasts of
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Góis-Marques, Carlos A.; Madeira, José; Sequeira, Miguel Menezes de (2018-01-26). "Inventory and review of the Mio–Pleistocene São Jorge flora (Madeira Island, Portugal): palaeoecological and biogeographical implications".
333:: brezo), is extremely hard and heat-resistant, and is used for making smoking pipes. Leaf fossils attributed to this species were described for the Mio-Pleistocene deposit of São Jorge in Madeira Island. 463:. In Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, the heather is a constituent of the tropical alpine vegetation, dominating the shrubland above the treeline in mountain areas between 3000 and 4000 m a.s.l. 431:, where it occurs at the top of upper montane desert steppe vegetation between 2500 and 3000 m a.s.l. In eastern Africa is normally referred to as 1222: 596:
are harvested at the age of 30 to 60 years. They are cooked for several hours, then dried for several months before they are further processed.
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Holocene high-altitude vegetation dynamics on Emi Koussi, Tibesti mountains (Chad, central Sahara).
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Dinies, M., Schimmel, L., Hoelzmann, P., Kröpelin, S., Darius, F., Neef, R. (2021).
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20th Australasian Weeds Conference, 11-15 September 2016, Perth, Western Australia.
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The Holocene at Lac de Creno, Corsica, France: a key site for the whole island.
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The wood is also used for making jewellery, fountain pens and knife handles.
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have been developed for garden use, of which the following have gained the
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Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics — The African Pollen Database, 1st ed.
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Out of Africa: north-westwards Pleistocene expansions of the heather
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species for Tasmania and other areas of southern Australia
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Other tall growing heaths, including the Portugal Heath (
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Index

White Heath, Illinois

Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Asterids
Ericales
Ericaceae
Erica
Binomial name
L.



Madeira
species
flowering plant
Ericaceae
Mediterranean Basin
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
East Africa
ornamental

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