''Erica galioides'' is a
species of
flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family (
Ericaceae). It is
endemic to the island of
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
in the
Indian Ocean.
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Habitat
''Erica galioides'' is the found above the treeline in the mountains of Réunion. It is present in subalpine dry ericaceous shrubland from 2200 to 2700 meters elevation, with ''Erica reunionensis
''Erica reunionensis'' is a species of flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family (Ericaceae). It is endemic to the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, ...
, Agarista buxifolia, Stoebe passerinoides, Hypericum lanceolatum, Phylica nitida, Sophora denudata, Senecio hubertia, S. squamosus, Psiadia argentea, P. callocephala, P. anchusaefolia, Costularia melicoides, Festuca borbonica'', and ''Agrostis salaziensis'', and in alpine open dwarf scrub and semi-desert from 2700 to 3000 meters elevation with ''Stoebe passerinoides, Festuca borbonica, Poa borbonica, Agrostis salaziensis, Pennisetum caffrum'', and ''Grimmia'' spp.[ Leuschner, Christoph (1996). "Timberline and Alpine Vegetation on the Tropical and Warm-Temperate Oceanic Islands of the World: Elevation, Structure and Floristics". ''Vegetatio'', Vol. 123, No. 2 (Apr., 1996), pp. 193-206. Accessed 11 August 2021. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20048667]
References
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galioides
Endemic flora of Réunion