Elliottia pyroliflora (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens
copperbush
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
copperbush
Ericaceae (Crowberry family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Photograph
© Ian Cumming (Photo ID #2573)
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.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Red
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Red
Present over the
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Elliottia pyroliflora
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, 2013)
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, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
812 | 10 | 1705 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
29 | 0 | 110 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
215 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
4 | 0 | 8 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
301 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
MH | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BAFA(1), BWBS(2), CMA(3), CWH(92), ESSF(7), IDF(2), MH(188), MS(3), SBS(1), SWB(1) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and 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.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cladothamnus pyroliflorus Bong.
Elliottia pyroliflorus (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens