Gaylussacia baccata |
Gaylussacia frondosa |
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black huckleberry, crackleberry |
blue huckleberry, dangleberry |
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Habit | Plants 3–10(–15) dm, forming small to extensive colonies; branches spreading; twigs of current season pale green, glabrous. | Plants 7.5–20 dm, forming small to extensive colonies; branches spreading; twigs of current season pale green, glabrous or glabrate. |
Leaves | petiole 1–2(–4) mm; blade pale green abaxially, green to yellowish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, (2–)2.5–5 × 1–2.5 cm, membranous to subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous, sometimes puberulent on major veins, sessile-glandular. |
petiole 2–3 mm; blade greenish white, glaucescent abaxially, green to yellowish green, dull green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5–5(–6) × 2–3 cm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces short-hairy (hairs white) or glabrous, sessile-glandular abaxially. |
Inflorescences | drooping, 3–7-flowered, bracteate, 0.5–1.5 cm, glabrous; bracts early-deciduous, not leaflike (linear-lanceolate), 2–4 mm, shorter than pedicels, glabrous, sessile-glandular. |
drooping, 2–4-flowered, sometimes flowers solitary, bracteate, 1–4.5 cm, glabrous or pilose; bracts early-deciduous, leaflike or not, 5–6 mm, shorter than pedicels, sessile-glandular, sparsely hairy. |
Pedicels | 3–6 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; bracteoles 1(–2), 1–2 mm. |
8–15(–20) mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; bracteoles 1–2, 1–2.5 mm, (sessile-glandular). |
Flowers | sepals 5, 0.7–1 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; petals 4–5, corolla orange to red, campanulate-conic, 4–5 mm, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm; filaments 2 mm, glabrous; anthers included, 2.2–2.5 mm, thecae divergent distally; ovary glabrous. |
sepals 5, 1–1.2 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; petals 5, corolla greenish white, campanulate-conic, 3–5 mm, lobes deltate, 1–1.4 mm; filaments 0.5–1 mm, pilose; anthers included (tips barely exserted), 2.5 mm, thecae not divergent distally; ovary glabrous. |
Drupes | juicy, sweet, glossy black (sometimes blue, rarely white), 6–7 mm diam., glabrous. |
juicy, sweet, blue (sometimes black, rarely white), glaucescent, 5–8 mm diam., glabrous. |
Seeds | ca. 2 mm. |
1.5 mm. |
2n | = 24. |
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Gaylussacia baccata |
Gaylussacia frondosa |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | Flowering late spring. |
Habitat | Sandy or rocky soil in deciduous, pine, or mixed woods, roadsides, pastures, and utility rights-of-way, wet, acidic bogs, fens | Upland sites in deciduous oak-hickory woods and pine hardwoods, roadsides, pastures, and utility rights-of-way, moist to wet acidic shrub swamps and pocosins, streamhead ecotones, moist to wet pine savannas and flatwoods |
Elevation | 0-800 m (0-2600 ft) | 0-300 m (0-1000 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OH; PA; RI; SC; TN; VA; VT; WI; WV; MB; NB; NF; NS; ON; PE; QC
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CT; DE; GA; MA; MD; NC; NH; NJ; NY; PA; RI; SC; VA
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Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 534. | FNA vol. 8, p. 534. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Gaylussacia | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Gaylussacia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Andromeda baccata, Decachaena baccata, G. baccata var. glaucocarpa | Decachaena frondosa, Vaccinium frondosum |
Name authority | (Wangenheim) K. Koch: Dendrologie 2(1): 93. 1872 , | (Linnaeus) Torrey & A. Gray: in J. Torrey, Fl. New York 1: 449. 1843 , |
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