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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Gaylussacia ursina
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Gaylussacia ursina
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-18-005:
Gaylussacia ursina
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Decachaena ursina
COMMON NAME:
Bear Huckleberry, Buckberry, Mountain Huckleberry
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JK Marlow jkm0504s_36
April Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
A narrow Southern Appalachian endemic, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_743
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Small, pendant white (tinged with red) flowers in short racemes, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_745
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, upper surface not glandular, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_745b
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Sepals 0.5mm, glabrous, sparsely sessile-glandular, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm150424_748b
April Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Leaves slightly hairy below and with tiny resinous dots, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm120523_278
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
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JK Marlow jkm120523_278b
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Fruit has a flat base, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm120523_279b
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
Leaves with golden, sessile glands on the lower surface only, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm140519_947
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaves with a blunt projection at the tip of the tapering apex, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm140519_953
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160502_009
May Transylvania County NC
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JK Marlow jkm160502_009b
May Transylvania County NC
Calyx lobes obtuse, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm200613_5836
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm200613_5906
June Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
A low shrub often forming colonies or extensive stands 2-4' in height, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0307h_22
July Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0307i_17
July Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Leaves elliptic to elliptic-oblanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, mucronate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm0307m_21
July Oconee County SC
Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District
Fruit a 10-seeded berry on a long stalk, shiny black when ripe, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9771
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9772
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm190704_9772b
July Jackson County NC
Foothills Trail