Calcifuge

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A calcifuge is a

chips may be used to lower soil pH.

A plant that thrives in lime-rich soils is known as a calcicole.

Examples

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Order Ericales

Ericaceae

• Andromeda polifolia
• Calluna (common heather)
• Cassiope lycopodioides
• Daboecia
• Enkianthus campanulatus
• Erica (but not E. carnea or E. erigena)
• Gaultheria mucronata
• Kalmia latifolia (calico bush)
• Pieris
• Rhododendron (many species of rhododendron and azalea)
• Vaccinium corymbosum (northern highbush blueberry)
• Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry)

Sarraceniaceae (carnivorous)

• Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora

Styracaceae

• Styrax wilsonii

Theaceae

• Camellia sinensis (Tea plant)

Order Caryophyllales

Droseraceae (carnivorous)

• Drosera
  (sundew species; but some species are calcitolerant or calciphilous)
• Dionaea muscipula
  (Venus flytrap)

Nepenthaceae (carnivorous

)

• Nepenthes (pitcher plants; but some species are calcitolerant or even calciphilous)

Order Lamiales

Lentibulariaceae (carnivorous)

• Utricularia
  sect. Calpidisca and some other subgenera (non-epiphytic terrestrial bladderworts; there are some species that prefer neutral pH or are calciphilous)

Other orders

Asteraceae

• Arnica montana

Columelliaceae

• Desfontainia spinosa

Cornaceae

• Cornus florida (dogwood)

Elaeocarpaceae

• Crinodendron hookerianum

Fagaceae

• Quercus (Some species of oak)

Gentianaceae

• Gentiana acaulis
• Gentiana sino-ornata

Hamamelidaceae

• Corylopsis pauciflora
• Disanthus cercidifolius
• Fothergilla major
• Hamamelis vernalis (spring witch hazel)

Papaveraceae

• Meconopsis grandis (Himalayan blue poppy)

Poaceae

• Avena sativa (oat)

Proteaceae

• Embothrium coccineum
• Grevillea rosmarinifolia

Schisandraceae

• Illicium anisatum

References

External links

• Tyler, G. 1996. Mineral nutrient limitations of calcifuge plants in phosphate sufficient limestone soil. Annals of Botany. 77 (6) 649-656.^{[dead link]}

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