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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia baccata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Black Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia baccata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Gaylussacia baccata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-004:
Gaylussacia baccata FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena baccata
COMMON NAME:
Black Huckleberry, Crackleberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_gaba_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_gaba_002_lhd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_gaba_004_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgbaccata_habitpc1
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Much-branched colonial shrub to 3-8 dm tall, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgbaccata_pc1
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
Flowers reddish, narrow (narrower than G. dumosa), per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgbaccata_pc3
April Pickens County SC
Poe Creek State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm140519_024
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160504_375
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
Flowers in axillary racemes on second-year wood, racemes 0.5-1.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm160504_376
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
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JK Marlow jkm160504_377
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
Sepals 0.7-1mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm160504_379
May Jackson County NC
Panthertown
Lvs w tiny resinous dots above & below, visible when held at angle to light, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Sharleen Johnson shj_2308540019317230
December Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgbaccata_gf1
Month Unknown Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia baccata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia baccata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Gaylussacia baccata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-004:
Gaylussacia baccata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Decachaena baccata
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric, acidic forests and woodlands, rock outcrops, to 1600m elevation, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Reddish/Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
4-5 lobed urceolate to urceolate-campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood
FRUIT:
Summer
Black/Rarely blue or white
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p095
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p189
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p236
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p113
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p298
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p28
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p150
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