Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torr. & Gray
Detail
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Botanical Name
- Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torr. & Gray
- Common Name
- Dwarf Huckleberry
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Gaylussacia dumosa (Andr.) Torr. & Gray
- Comments
- Some Virginia material appears to be transitional between G. dumosa and G. bigeloviana (Fernald) Sorrie & Weakley. Several specimens were annotated as such by James Henderson during his 1969 revision of North American Gaylussacia. At that time, the two taxa were treated as vars. of G. dumosa.
- Habitat
- Dry to, more often, seasonally saturated or boggy, acidic forests, pine woodlands, flatwoods, depressions, and seepage swamp borders. Infrequent to locally common in the Coastal Plain; rare in se. Piedmont, ne. Piedmont, and n. Ridge and Valley region.
- Native Status
- Native
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