Erica

Description:

Erica is a genus of approximately 860 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae. Most of the species are small shrubs from 20–150 cm high. All are evergreen with needle-like leaves. Flowers are sometimes axillary, and sometimes borne in terminal umbels or spikes, and are usually outward or downward facing.

Habitat:

Dwarf-shrub habitats, open acidic woodland.

Notes:

Plants of this genus are eaten mainly by the larvae of many Lepidoptera species including Emperor Moth, Garden tiger moth, True Lover's Knot, Wormwood Pug and the Coleophora case-bearers C. juncicolella and C. pyrrhulipennella.