Erica terminalis Salisb.

Spice In the field

Family: ERICACEAE

Genus: Erica

Sinònims: Erica stricta Willd.

Catalan common name: Bruc valencià.

Spanish common name: Brecina. Brezo.

Province distribution: Alacant. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Forest border. Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Quercus coccifera and Chamaerops humilis litoral maquis. Small shady banks or slopes. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Herbaceous communities, garriques and stony soils.