Families
Berberidaceae Key Characteristics
Pinaceae Key Features

Ericaceae Key Characteristics

- generally evergreen spring shrubs
- flower plants in multiples of 3's
- small yellow flowers
- inner bark is brilliant yellow
- edible berries
- coniferous trees, and some shrubs
- monoecious (male and female reproductive structures on same plants)
- mostly evergreen
- whorled branches
- spirally arranged needle-like (linear) leaves
- female cones typically larger than male cones
Ericaceae Key Characteristics
- health family
- urn shape flowers
- shrubs or trees
- spirally arranged evergreen leathery leaves or opposite whorled scale
- fibrous roots

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