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Common Name: Box Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gaylussacia brachycera FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia brachycera FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Dry, acidic ridgetops and upper slopes, locally forming large clones, in the Coastal Plain in dry sandy soils
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Southern Dwarf Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaylussacia dumosa 145-18-002 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, other xeric to mesic, acidic forests and woodlands
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in GA Mountains, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Northern Dwarf Huckleberry, Bog Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia bigeloviana FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaylussacia dumosa 145-18-002? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Peat dome pocosins (in NC and VA), sandhill seepage bogs (SC), Chamaecyparis bogs (DE), generally growing in peat, forms transitional to var. dumosa in wet pinelands and disturbed pocosins
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Blue Ridge Bog Huckleberry, Blue Ridge Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia orocola FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia dumosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaylussacia dumosa 145-18-002? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, seepages over granite
Rare
Native to North Carolina
Common Name: Dangleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia frondosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia frondosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaylussacia frondosa var. frondosa 145-18-003a FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Mesic, acidic woodlands, especially in sandhill-pocosin and savanna-pocosin ecotones, also in xeric chestnut oak forests in the lower Piedmont
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont
Native to the Carolinas
Common Name: Dwarf Dangleberry, Confederate Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gaylussacia nana FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia nana FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Xeric longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, pocosin ecotones, pine savannas
Common in GA, uncommon in SC, rare in NC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Woolly Dangleberry, Hairy Dangleberry, Hairytwig Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia tomentosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia tomentosa FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa 145-18-003b FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, xeric coastal fringe sandhills, pocosin ecotones, pine savannas
Common in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Common Name: Black Huckleberry, Crackleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia baccata FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia baccata FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaylussacia baccata 145-18-004 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Xeric, acidic forests and woodlands, rock outcrops, to 1600m elevation
Common in Mountains (uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Bear Huckleberry, Buckberry, Mountain Huckleberry, Bearberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia ursina FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia ursina FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Gaylussacia ursina 145-18-005 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Mesic to xeric forests, frequently dominant; common
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Mosier's Huckleberry, Hirsute Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Gaylussacia mosieri FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia mosieri FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas and seepages
Uncommon in GA
Native to Georgia
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