NameThatPlant.net: Gaylussacia ursina

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Gaylussacia ursina FAMILY Ericaceae Go to FSUS key

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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

COMMON NAME:
Bear Huckleberry, Buckberry, Mountain Huckleberry, Bearberry

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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) 145-18-005:
Gaylussacia ursina FAMILY Ericaceae

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Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic to xeric forests, frequently dominant; common, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Reddish/Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
4-5 lobed urceolate to urceolate-campanulate corolla
10 included stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in axillary racemes on 2nd-year wood

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black/Rarely blue or white
Berry

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