Plant
Erica
Erica (genus)
Also known as: heaths, Cape ericas
A genus of evergreen heath shrubs with around 860 species worldwide, ~660 of them endemic to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. The Cape ericas — small-leaved, often pink-or-white tubular-flowered shrubs — are one of the three structural pillars of fynbos vegetation alongside proteas and restios. Bird- and insect-pollinated; many species are fire-dependent for seed germination.
Scientific
Erica (family Ericaceae) is the most species-rich plant genus in the [[cape-floristic-region|Cape Floristic Region]]. [[cape-cod|The Cape]] ericas are mostly small evergreen shrubs with needle-like leaves and tubular four-lobed flowers in pinks, whites, yellows, oranges, and reds. Sunbird-pollinated species have long tubular flowers; small-bee or wind-pollinated species have shorter ones.
Ecological role
Together with [[protea]] and [[restio]], ericas form the structural triad that defines fynbos vegetation. The genus’s radiation in the Cape — hundreds of species in a comparatively small area — is one of the textbook examples of plant adaptive radiation in a Mediterranean-climate fire-prone shrubland.
See also
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- Shares approach with: [[protea]] · [[restio]]
- Parallels: [[abundance]]
- Member of: [[plants]] · [[fynbos-structural-triad]]
- Contained by: [[cape-floristic-region]]
- Grown by: [[cape-flats-fynbos-nursery]] · [[good-hope-gardens-nursery]] · [[kirstenbosch-garden-centre]] · [[veld-and-fynbos]]
Sources
- SANBI PlantZAfrica species pages
- [[cape-floristic-region|Cape Floristic Region]] UNESCO documentation
A plant entry in the 0mn1.one [[directory]].
Grown by
All listings →Farms and nurseries in the 0mn1.one directory that grow erica. Each is a real working operation — visit, buy from, learn from.
Cape Flats Fynbos Nursery
substrate buildercape-floristic-region
A wholesale indigenous-plant nursery established 2006 in the Cape Town lowlands, operated as a non-profit by FynbosLIFE. Grows 147+ locally indigenous species strictly from Cape Town lowland genetic stock — collected within 10 km of where each species will be replanted — for ecological restoration of Cape Flats Sand Fynbos, Peninsula Shale Renosterveld, and six other critically endangered local plant communities.
Good Hope Gardens Nursery
substrate buildercape-floristic-region
An indigenous-plant nursery and fynbos specialist at Plateau Road near Cape Point Nature Reserve, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Established originally in Hout Bay, moved to the current location across from Cape Point in 1986 — making it one of the longest-running dedicated fynbos nurseries in the Cape Floristic Region. Wholesale and retail; runs fynbos and edible-and-medicinal-plant courses for adults and children.
Kirstenbosch Garden Centre
knowledge carecape-floristic-region
The retail indigenous-plant nursery at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Newlands, Cape Town — operated by SANBI (South African National Biodiversity Institute). The institutional anchor for indigenous-plant supply in the Cape Floristic Region; sells fynbos, bulbs, succulents, groundcovers, trees, shrubs, climbers, annuals, and herbaceous material, plus organic compost and bio-friendly inputs.
Veld & Fynbos
substrate buildercape-floristic-region
A wholesale plug-production nursery producing rooted indigenous-plant plugs for the nursery and landscaping industry in the Western Cape. Focused on fynbos and other indigenous species — the wholesale supply layer underneath the bioregion's retail nurseries.
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Scientific
grows
- Cape Flats Fynbos Nursery Cape Flats Sand Fynbos ericas for critically-endangered-habitat restoration
- Good Hope Gardens Nursery diverse erica catalog from a multi-decade specialist
- Kirstenbosch Garden Centre the Cape's most species-rich genus, central to the retail catalog
- Veld & Fynbos Cape erica plugs supplied to retail and contractors
General
shares approach with
- Cape Floristic Region auto-linked from body mention
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