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Blue Mountain-heath

Phyllodoce caerulea

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,206, February 891, March 1,396, April 2,196, May 3,166, June 3,453, July 3,695, August 3,177, September 2,333, October 1,741, November 952, December 744.
United States25,114
Alaska24,950
Canada1,171
Russia727
Quebec499
Norway487
Murmansk Oblast398
Sweden279
Finland243
Lapland240

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Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyheath family · Ericaceae
Genusmountain-heathers · Phyllodoce

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