December 2024

[Carlos]

Hi again, I was puzzled by how different your plant looks from the photos of brevifolia I have seen... I asked two colleagues and it's Erica azorica, the Azorean tree heath, related toErica canariensis and Erica arborea.

Brevifolia subsp. maritima seems to occur only at the Miradouro de Alagoa.

Juniperus Alagoa - Terceira

[Wylie]

Hi again, I was puzzled by how different your plant looks from the photos of brevifolia I have seen... I asked two colleagues and it's Erica azorica, the Azorean tree heath, related toErica canariensis and Erica arborea.

Brevifolia subsp. maritima seems to occur only at the Miradouro de Alagoa.

Juniperus Alagoa - Terceira

You are right, it does look like the Erica. I was going by the photos on  Azoresbioportal | Portal da Biodiversidade dos Açores
The bark on the Juniperus looks similar.

[petershaw]

On a lighter note, received one of these as a holiday gift. (This image was taken at HD.)