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Ericaceae > Gaylussacia (huckleberry) | |
Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Common in the western half of NC and uncommon in the eastern half, Black Huckleberry grows in various dry and acidic wooded habitats. | |
Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 | |
Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia baccata) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Note yellow glandular dots on both leaf surfaces. |
Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 Uncommon in the NC piedmont and common in the coastal plain. | |
Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 Developing fruit | |
Dangleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa) Montgomery Co., NC 17 May 2013 Note yellow punctate glands on undersurface of leaves, found on most members of the genus. |
Bear Huckleberry (Gaylussacia ursina) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 Locally abundant in the southwestern NC mountains. | |
Bear Huckleberry (Gaylussacia ursina) Jackson Co., NC 14 May 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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