ericoid

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to plants of the genus Erica.
 * 2) Of plant leaves, small, often leathery, usually needle-like or scale-like, non-deciduous, and generally adapted to poor soils and arid conditions, such as in fynbos and maquis.
 * 3) Of plant habit, having ericoid leaves, slender, scrubby and woody, like many Erica species.