An ericaceous shrub of s.europe with hard,woody root ?

"Briar wood, is wood from the root of Erica arborea, used for making smoking pipes."


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briar


Erica arborea Family: Ericaceae (Heath)


Growing often to 3 m, it's one of the tallest European members of the genus Erica.


http://www.beyond.fr/flora/heathtree.htm...





Spring Heath (Ericaceae Erica carnea) is "native to central and southern Europe"


http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/e/erica...





The dominant species in the Heathlands of Southern Britain are Calluna vulgaris. "Calluna vulgaris, Erica tetralix, Vaccinium myrtillus, Deschampsia flexuosa, Molinia caerulea, Scirpus cespitosus and Pteridium aquilinum) tend to dominate. Species such as Juniperus communis are eliminated by regular burning (Gimingham 1972). regenerates freely from the stem bases."


http://www.fire.uni-freiburg.de/iffn/cou...

An ericaceous shrub of s.europe with hard,woody root ?
Camellia Lady Campbell


Camellia Lavinia Maggi