HEATH FAMILY 



THE SHRUB : three feet to twelve feet high, much branched; 

 the twigs having tiny, fine, soft hairs, or hairless. 



THE LEAVES: obovate or oblong to oval; falling early; 

 above somewhat hairless; below with some short, soft 

 hairs, at least on the veins, or with none; acute at the apex; 

 acute at the base; entire. 



THE FLOWERS: numerous in racemes, which are mostly 

 leafless; or, in terminal, many-flowered panicles or clusters; 

 bracts small, calyx lobes triangular, acute. 



THE FRUIT: a capsule. 



One of the bushes among the dense growth of the thick- 

 et's border, with oval and leathery leaves that somewhat 

 resemble those of Privet. Both the small, urn-shaped, 

 white flowers, and the greenish berries are inconspicuous, 

 but in the late fall, the shrub comes to its own, when every 

 one of its leaves has turned a translucent yellow. 



ERICACEAE HEATH FAMILY 



Epigcea repens, L. 



White to pink Mayflower, Mountain Pink, 



Trailing Arbutus, Winter Pink, 



April-May Ground Laurel, Gravel-plant, 



Shad-flower, Crocus. 



Epigcea: Greek, meaning upon the earth. 

 Repens: Latin for creeping. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: dry, sand soil of the Commons 

 and pine barrens. 



THE PLANT: creeping; the branches six inches to fifteen 

 inches long; the twigs with rough hairs. 



THE LEAVES: opposite; oval; one inch to three inches long, 

 thick and leathery; mostly hairless above, with few to 



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