Native to 32 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, and Temperate Asia; introduced into Great Britain, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Erica
Specific Epithet
arborea
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#296,347 of 335,497
Top 89%
Extinction probability
6%