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Ericaceae · 52 species · Page 1 of 2

In Québec, the family Ericaceae (order Ericales) counts 52 species of plants. The stars? Cancer wintergreen, Velvetleaf blueberry and Lowbush blueberry, the most often observed. The richest region: Côte-Nord, with 40 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Côte-Nord40
  2. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine39
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent38
  4. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean37
  5. Capitale-Nationale37
  6. Nord-du-Québec37
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches28
  8. Lanaudière27
  9. Laurentides27
  10. Estrie26
  11. Abitibi-Témiscamingue26
  12. Mauricie25
  13. Outaouais25
  14. Montérégie23
  15. Centre-du-Québec23
  16. Montréal17
  17. Laval8

Heath family 52

Ericales
All2,855Poales529Asterales316Lamiales214Rosales205Caryophyllales204Malpighiales120Asparagales119Brassicales109Ranunculales98Ericales95Fabales91Alismatales74Saxifragales68Polypodiales60Apiales51Dipsacales50Gentianales50Solanales43Fagales38Boraginales33Malvales29Myrtales29Sapindales27Pinales26Liliales22Ophioglossales20Lycopodiales18Geraniales17Cornales14Celastrales12Equisetales9Vitales7Commelinales6Cucurbitales6Nymphaeales5Oxalidales5Piperales5Osmundales4Aquifoliales3Santalales3Selaginellales3Acorales2Buxales2Ceratophyllales2Isoetales2Salviniales2Crossosomatales1Ginkgoales1Hymenophyllales1Laurales1Magnoliales1Marchantiales1Proteales1Schizaeales1
Ericaceae
All95Ericaceae52Primulaceae22Polemoniaceae10Balsaminaceae8Clethraceae1Diapensiaceae1Sarraceniaceae1
Cancer wintergreen14,920 observations
Velvetleaf blueberry14,202 observations
Lowbush blueberry13,555 observations
Sheep laurel12,968 observations
Bog Labrador tea12,168 observations
Ghost plant4,557 observations
Lingonberry3,134 observations
Leatherleaf3,066 observations
Swamp laurel2,778 observations
One-sided wintergreen2,769 observations
Checkerberry2,351 observations
Elliptic shineleaf1,974 observations
Black crowberry1,925 observations
Small cranberry1,826 observations
Pipsissewa1,747 observations
Mayflower1,724 observations
One-flowered shinleaf1,393 observations
Dwarf bilberry1,303 observations
Bog blueberry1,270 observations
Rhodora1,033 observations
Bog wintergreen672 observations
Bog rosemary482 observations
Bearberry461 observations
Alaska blueberry332 observations
Cranberry320 observations
Purple mountain heather294 observations
Alpine bearberry265 observations
Pinesap251 observations
Highbush blueberry234 observations
Black huckleberry226 observations
Lesser wintergreen195 observations
Alpine azalea184 observations
Green-flowered wintergreen175 observations
Lapland rosebay169 observations
Arctic wintergreen162 observations
Marsh Labrador tea124 observations
American Wintergreen111 observations
Mossplant110 observations
Purple crowberry97 observations
White arctic mountain heather71 observations
Northern blueberry66 observations
Woodland pinedrops59 observations
Red fruit bearberry53 observations
Broom-crowberry32 observations
Small Cranberry32 observations
Pink crowberry23 observations
Bog huckleberry17 observations
Wintergreen7 observations