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Read more about Black Huckleberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaylussacia baccata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia baccata
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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)
Decachaena baccata
COMMON NAME:
Black Huckleberry, Crackleberry
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmgbaccata_gf1
Month Unknown Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain