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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Ericaceae
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K.Koch
black huckleberry, huckleberry
Gaylussacia: for Gay-Lussac, a chemist
baccata: having pulpy, berry-like fruits
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 1'-3' tall, colony-forming shrub with many branches |
| Flower: | pink, 5-parted, 3/8" long, urn-shaped, stalked; inflorescence a cluster (raceme) usually shorter than the leaves; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | black/blue, fleshy berry with 10 seeds |
| Leaf: | alternate, deciduous, with minute, yellow glands on both side |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, forests, thickets; in rocky, sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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