{| align="right" border="1" cellpadding=2 ! align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|Ericaceae |- || |- | align=center bgcolor=lightgreen|Scientific Classification |- | {| | align=left| Kingdom: || Plantae |- || Division: || Magnoliophyta |- || Class: || Magnoliopsida |- || Order: || Ericales |- || Family: || Ericaceae |} |- ! bgcolor=lightgreen align=center| genera |- ||many, see text |} Ericaceae or ericaceous plants are lime-hating or calcifuge plants that thrive in acid soils. They are commonly known as the Heath Family. Ericaceae includes cranberry, blueberry, heath, heather, huckleberry, azalea and rhododendron.
External Reference
" class="external">http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/angio/www/ericacea.htm
as of 2002-07-07
Genera