The heathlands are of two types, ericaceous and proteaceous. The plant is propagated by seed that are surface-sown onto ericaceous compost. Sphagnum is generally abundant, along with ericaceous shrubs. Some varieties grow best in ericaceous conditions. The ground is covered with hypnaceous mosses and ericaceous shrubs. There, the shrubs grow in dry tropical forests of pine or ericaceous scrub forest. The ericaceous forest supports many epiphytes. Heath shrub meadows are dominated by ericaceous huckleberries and heathers. Shrublands grow on steeper slopes, are of two main types, Ericaceous and Proteaceous. Hence no ericaceous shrubs are associated with it. Furthermore, intentional and unintentional brush fires are frequent in the ericaceous moorlands wolves inhabit. They are frequently covered in ericaceous shrubs rooted in the sphagnum moss and peat. Like many other ericaceous plants, they are generally restricted to acidic soils. Ericaceous fertilizer is a type of fertilizer that is high in acidity. Ericaceous scrub is found on quartite-derived soils above 1200 meters elevation.