Gaylussacia baccata
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Photo, Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Gaylussacia baccata |
| Common name: | black huckleberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Growth type: | shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | to 3', often found in clumps due to clonal spread |
| Foliage: | elliptic to oblong or oblanceolate; simple, alternate, entire. Both surfaces have yellow resin gland. Margins are entires |
| Flower: | red, small, cylindrical to bell shaped, perfect, in one sided races |
| Flowering time: | flowers early May to early June; fruits early July into August |
| Habitat: | dry woodland |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | This species has yellow resin glands on both surfaces of the leaves, unlike smiliar Vaccinium spp. that it often grows with. There are 10 crunchy seeds in the edible berry; blueberries (Vaccinium spp.) have more, but they are smaller and not generally noticable when consuming.
G. baccata is colonial.
FEIS database article on G. baccata |