Editing Calluna (section)

== Distribution and habitat ==
''Calluna vulgaris'' is native to [[Europe]], [[Iceland]], the [[Faroe Islands]], and the [[Azores]].<ref name="powo">{{cite web |title=Calluna vulgaris (L.) Hull |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327305-1 |access-date=15 March 2023 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew}}</ref> It has been introduced into many other places worldwide with suitable climates, including [[North America]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]] and the [[Falkland Islands]].<ref name="issg">{{cite web |title=Countries (or multi-country features) with distribution records for Calluna vulgaris in the Global Invasive Species Database. |url=http://issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=1623&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105235649/http://issg.org/database/species/distribution.asp?si=1623&fr=1&sts=&lang=EN |archive-date=2017-01-05 |access-date=2016-02-28 |publisher=Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) of the IUCN Species Survival Commission.}}</ref> It is extremely cold-[[hardiness (plants)|hardy]], surviving severe exposure and freezing conditions well below {{convert|-20|C|F|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/2712/Calluna-vulgaris/Details | title = ''Calluna vulgaris'' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 12 April 2020}}</ref>