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Heather

Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull

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Calluna vulgaris (Heather) is a species of shrub in the family Ericaceae. They have a self-supporting growth form. They are native to Ukraine, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Italy, Romania, Russia, Poland, Bulgaria, Ireland, Belgium, Sweden, Morocco, Norway, Hungary, Moldova, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Belarus, France, Portugal, Germany, Denmark, Albania, and Spain. They have simple, scale leaf leaves and capsule fruit. Flowers are visited by Lasiommata maera, dingy skipper, Honey bee, and Lang's Short-tailed Blue. Individuals can grow to 0.42 m.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/690791

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2750405

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2635167

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3175395

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/798549

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2017370

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/798544

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/732800

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2963597

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2802361

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2661886

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2542007

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3144096

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/719819

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/617790

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3077311

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/7500737

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/390903

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/298795

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/630336

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3017382

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2264397

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2921044

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2623032

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/783754

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/2510769

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1409887

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091
Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce

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EOL has data for 37 attributes, including:

age at maturity
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/AgeAtMaturity
- Definition: Age at the first successful reproduction.
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early
- URI: http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61589
- Definition: At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events.
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has dispersal vector
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/HasDispersalVector
- Definition: which agent of biological dispersal moves a dispersal unit, or organism, away from its birth population to another location or population in which the individual will reproduce.
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersal_vector
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anemochory
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/anemochory
- Definition: Seed dispersal by wind (with wind dispersal adaptations, such as pappus or wings).
- Attribution: http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Connecticut
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4831725
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invasive in
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/InvasiveRange
- Definition: Information about the jurisdictions where the taxon is considered to be an invasive organism due to its negative impact on human welfare or ecosystems.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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Poland
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/798544
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optimal growth pH
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthpH
- Definition: The pH of a medium (water column, soil moisture) at which the growth rate of an organism is typically optimized
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6.5
post-fire seedling emergence
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/PostFireSeedlingEmergence
- Definition: Seedling density per pre-fire mature individuals emerging during the first year after fire (seedlings/mature).
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (SeedlEmerg), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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yes
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/373066001
- Attribution: http://ihtsdo.org
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resprout ability after disturbance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/RespDist
- Definition: Resprouting ability after an undefined disturbance that removed most of the aboveground biomass.
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (RespDist), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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none
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260413007
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resprout ability after fire
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/RespFire
- Definition: Resprouting ability one year after being ca. 100% scorched or burned by fire.
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (RespFire), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm;
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none
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/SNOMEDCT/260413007
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seed bank
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeedBank
- Definition: Location of persistent seed bank (longevity > 1 yr).
- Attribution: BROT trait database. Traits: units and categories (SeedBank), http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm
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soil
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00001998
- Definition: Any material within 2 m from the Earth's surface that is in contact with the atmosphere, with the exclusion of living organisms, areas with continuous ice not covered by other material, and water bodies deeper than 2 m.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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HBG

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Heather. View this species on GBIF

2007 Zoya Akulova cc-by-nc