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Flora of Cornwall (1999)

The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Flora of Cornwall (1999), which was a Tetrad Atlas (the maps had 2km square dots or Tetrads). The map on this web page depicts the plant's distribution at the 1km square scale and shows the records made pre-2000 which were used in the 1999 Flora and those made since.

Erica lusitanica - Spanish Heath



Portuguese Heath can be seen, from the train, growing at various locations along the main railway line between Lostwithiel and St. Germans, as at Menheniot Station (SX26V, 1989, J.Humphreys) and near a bridge over the railway line (SX26Q, 1988, R.J.Murphy).

Source:

French, C.N., Murphy, R.J. & Atkinson, M. 1999. Flora of Cornwall. Wheal Seton Press, Camborne.