E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia
Elliottia pyroliflorus (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens
copperbush
Ericaceae

Introduction to Vascular Plants

© Ian Cumming (Photo ID #2573)




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Distribution of Elliottia pyroliflorus in British Columbia.

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Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of BC.
SPECIES INFORMATION
General:
  Medium-sized shrub, 0.5-2 m tall; stems erect, glabrous or very sparingly short-hairy with loose, shredding copper-coloured bark.
Leaves:
Deciduous, alternate, appearing whorled, elliptic-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, 1-5 cm long, 0.4-1 cm wide, rounded with short, abrupt tooth-like tip, narrowly tapered towards base, entire, light green, lower surface pale; nearly stalkless.
Flowers:
Mostly solitary, terminal; corollas salmon or copper-coloured, saucer-shaped, the 5 distinct petals spreading, oblong-elliptic, 10-15 mm long; calyx lobes 5, 4-10 mm long, margins minutely-hairy; filaments glabrous, 5-8 mm long; styles curved, about 1 cm long.
Fruits:
Capsules, nearly globe-shaped, 4-9 mm wide.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
ECOLOGY
Ecological Framework for Elliottia pyroliflorus

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2008)

Site Information
 Value / Class

Average

Minimum

Maximum
Elevation (metres)
 807 10 1705
Slope Gradient (%)
 29.5 0 110

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

 224.3 0 360
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		4.0 0 8
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
 Medium
Number of field plots
 species was recorded in:
 220
Modal BEC Zone Class
 MH

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

 AT(10), BAFA(1), BWBS(1), CWH(99), ESSF(4), ICH(2), IDF(1), MH(101), SBS(2)

Fire Effects Information Database (USDA)
CLIMATE
The climate type for this species, as reported in the "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is subalpine boreal & cool mesothermal.

HABITAT/RANGE
Moist to wet forests, streambanks, and bog edges in the montane and subalpine zones; common in BC west of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; N to S AK, S along coast to NW OR.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of BC
STATUS INFORMATION
Provincial Status:  S5
BC Status (Red Blue List):  Not listed
COSEWIC Status:  Not listed
Origin Status:  species native to B.C.

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer, the authoritative source for conservation information in British Columbia.
 
TAXONOMIC AND NOMENCLATURAL INFORMATION
Synonymy:
Cladothamnus pyroliflorus

International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the Missouri Botanical Garden
 Vascular Plant Type Database, New York Botanical Gardens
 Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
ADDITIONAL RANGE AND STATUS INFORMATION
INVASIVE STATUS AND INFORMATION
Invasive Status: Elliottia pyroliflorus is not invasive.


Note: Species currently listed as "invasive" on the E-Flora BC atlas pages come from a comprehensive list of invasive and noxious species for BC compiled by E-Flora BC. Note that a species can be alien to the province but not considered invasive.  Visit E-Flora BC's list of invasive, alien and noxious species in BC for more details.
MEDICINAL AND POISONOUS PLANT INFORMATION
Species not indicated as poisonous in our database.
The above information is derived from:
Meidinger et al. 2004. British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 5 Database.

Please also check the following links for poison information.
Note that not all species are covered in each database.

FDA Poisonous Plant Database
 Native American Ethnobotanical Database
 Plants for a Future--medicinal and edible plants
KEY REFERENCES


Please cite these pages as: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2010. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2/9/2010 1:45:27 PM]
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