Elliottia pyroliflora - Copperbush

Family: Ericaceae - Heath

Origin Status: Native. ^[E-flora]

"General: Medium-sized shrub, 0.5-2 m tall; stems erect, glabrous or very sparingly short-hairy with loose, shredding copper-coloured bark." ^{[IFBC-E-flora]}

"Habitat / Range Moist to wet forests, streambanks, and bog edges in the montane and subalpine zones; common in BC west of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; N to S AK, S along coast to NW OR." ^{[IFBC-E-flora]}

Medicinal Uses

• Dietary Aid
  • Decoction of plant used as an appetite stimulant. ^{[Compton, 1993][UMD-Eth]}

Synonyms

• Cladothamnus pyroliflorus Bong.
• Elliottia pyroliflorus (Bong.) S.W. Brim & P.F. Stevens ^[E-flora]

References

1. Elliottia pyroliflora, http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Elliottia%20pyroliflora, Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2013. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of British Columbia (eflora.bc.ca). Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 6/12/2014 2:11:04 PM ]
   • Illustrated Flora of B.C., Douglas, G.W., G.B. Straley, D.V. Meidinger, and J. Pojar, Volume 1-8, .C. Ministry. Environment, Lands and Parks and B.C. Ministry of Forests. Victoria, 1998-2002. Publication
   • [USDA-E-flora] U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service Plant Database. http://plants.usda.gov .

• [UMD-Eth]
  • [Compton, 1993] Compton, Brian Douglas 1993 Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants.... Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia (p. 332)

Elliottia Sp.

Local Species;

1. Elliottia pyroliflora - copperbush