Elliottia pyroliflora

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Copperbush (Elliottia pyroliflora): Deciduous shrub with glossy,yellow green leaves and showy copper-colored flowers common near treeline, uncommon at lower elevations.

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Weblinks

• e-FloraBC page for Elliottia pyroliflora
• USDAPLANTS page for Elliottia pyroliflora
• EthnoBotany page for Elliottia pyroliflora
• FNA page for Elliottia pyroliflora "Moist, coniferous forests and associated habitats in mountainous regions with cool temperatures and high rainfall, especially stream banks; bog edges, tree clumps, and forest edges in subalpine parkland;"

• PacNW Herbaria Records for Elliottia pyroliflora
• Search Arctos Database for Elliottia pyroliflora (Southeast only)
• Search Arctos Database for Elliottia pyroliflora (entire database)
• Encyclopedia of Life search for Elliottia pyroliflora
• iNaturalist Observations for Elliottia pyroliflora in Southeast Alaska

Other References

• Muller: [as Cladothamnus pyroliflorus] gen; edge of forests
• Hall 2010: [as Cladothamnus pyroliflorus] "Forms clumps in eadows ad open forests at and just above treeline, (sometimmes at low elevation) in openings, along streams, generally in association with Mountain Hemlock. Common."

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