Dwarf huckleberry (MatBio: TREES & SHRUBS - Matanzas Biodiversity)

Dwarf huckleberry

Gaylussacia dumosa

Summary ⁶

Gaylussacia dumosa is a species of flowering plant in the heath family known by the common names dwarf huckleberry, bush huckleberry, and gopherberry. It is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland to Mississippi and Florida. It occurs along the coastal plain and in the mountains.

General description ⁷

Gaylussacia dumosa (Andrews) Torr. & A. Gray

Distribution

Mesic pine savannas (MPS-CP), wet pine flatwoods (WPF-T), wet pine savannas (SPS-T, SPS-RF, WLPS, VWLPS).

Notes

Abundant. Mar–Jun ; Jun–Oct . Thornhill 165, 197, 210, 214, 228, 233, 258, 592, 806 (NCSC). Specimens seen in the vicinity: Sandy Run [Hancock]: Taggart SARU 113 (WNC!). [<RAB; = FNA, Weakley]

Sources and Credits

(c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10286926
(c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10335633
(c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=gadu_001_avd.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://nt.ars-grin.gov/"">ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory</a>. United States, AR, Damascus.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=gadu_002_ahp.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://www.wli.nrcs.usda.gov"">NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=gadu_003_avd.tif
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaylussacia_dumosa
(c) Unknown, some rights reserved (<license>Public Domain</license>), http://eol.org/data_objects/31444589

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