Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Trichophorum cespitosum) amongst Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix), heathland at dawn. Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium. June 2015.

Nick Upton / Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flower spikes, Stoborough Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Sandra Bartocha / Heathland landscape with Cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix) Thy NP, Denmark, July.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of Cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix), Ling (Calluna vulgaris), Bell heather (Erica cinerea) and Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) on upland heath, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, August.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Mosiac of Cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix), Ling (Calluna vulgaris), Bell heather (Erica cinerea), Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus), Birch (Betula sp) saplings and grasses on upland heath in late sum...

Andy Sands / Spider (Oxyopes heteropthalmus) male on flower of Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) this spider is only found on mature heathland, Surrey, England, UK, July

Colin Varndell / Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flowers in bloom. Dorset, UK, July.

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) growing between Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flowers at dawn, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium, June.

Bernard Castelein / Deergrass (Scirpus cespitosus) growing between Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flowers at dawn, Groot Schietveld, Wuustwezel, Belgium, June.

Bernard Castelein / Silver studded blue (Plebejus argus) on cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Bernard Castelein / Silver studded blue (Plebejus argus) on cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) Klein Schietveld, Brasschaat, Belgium, June.

Mike Read / Wet heathland on early misty morning. Tadnoll and Winfrith Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK. September.

Will Watson / Bilberry bumblebee (Bombus monticola) nectaring on Cross-leaved heather (Erica tetralix) flower, Black Mountains, Herefordshire, England, UK. September.

Ross Hoddinott / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) resting on Cross-leaved heather (Erica tetralix). Dunsdon nature reserve, Devon, UK. June.

Ross Hoddinott / Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) resting on Cross leaved heath (Erica tetralix). Dunsdon Devon Wildlife Trust Reserve, England, UK. June.

Nick Upton / Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) in bog. Studland and Godlingston Heath National Nature Reserve, Dorset, England, UK. July 2020.

Mike Read / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) showing underside, feeding on Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) , Matley Bog, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, July.

Mike Read / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) male feeding on Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) , Burley Rocks, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, June.

Mike Read / Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) Rockford Common, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Grayling butterfly (Hipparchia semele) nectaring on Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flowers, Dorset heathland, UK, July.

Edwin Giesbers / Silver-studded blue butterfly (Plebejus argus) resting on Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix). The Netherlands. July.

Linda Pitkin / Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) a locally rare parasitic plant on Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix) Esher Common SSSI, Surrey, England, July.

Linda Pitkin / Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum) in flower, a locally rare, parasitic plant, on Cross-leaved Heath (Erica tetralix) Esher Common SSSI, Surrey, England, July.

Nick Upton / Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus) juvenile with fly prey on a Cross-leaved heath (Erica tetralix) flowerhead in a bog, Studland Heath, Dorset, UK, July.