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Heather & Ling

Cross-leaved heath (left), bell heather (centre) and common ling (right)
- all flowering at the same time.

	Cross-leaved heath also called Bog heather *Erica tetralix*	Bell heather Erica cinerea	Common heather or Ling Calluna vulgaris
Where	Damp situations	Damp-dry situations	Dry situations
Flowers	Terminal cluster - pale pink, larger than Bell heather	Long loose spike - bright red-purple	Long dense spike - small pink/pale purple, in long rows?
Flowering period	Jun-Oct.	Jun-Oct, peak in late July/early Aug	Jul-Oct, peak in late Aug/early Sep.
Leaves	Whorls of four, downy grey-green	Whorls of three, dark green	Minute, overlapping 4 rows, dark green
Other notes	Usually, Erica's are heaths	Often found with gorse and bristle bent grass	Usually, Callunas are heathers
Wikipedia link	Cross-leaved heath	Bell heather	Common heather

All types - flowers can be pale to white!