genus
Huckleberries
Gaylussacia
Field notes
Gaylussacia is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to the Americas, where they occur in eastern North America and in South America in the Andes and the mountains of southeastern Brazil (the majority of the known species). Common English names include huckleberry (shared with plants in several other genera) and "dangleberry".
Gaylussacia plants are often a component of an oak-heath forest. They are deciduous or evergreen shrubs growing to a height of 0.4–1.8 metres (1 ft 4 in – 5 ft 11 in).
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native huckleberries All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Black Huckleberry
Gaylussacia baccata
caterpillars
30
bees
1
food
14
flowers
36
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Dangleberry
Gaylussacia frondosa
caterpillars
24
bees
1
hosts
1
food
12
flowers
3
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Dwarf Huckleberry
Gaylussacia dumosa
caterpillars
19
bees
1
food
11
flowers
8
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Box Huckleberry
Gaylussacia brachycera
caterpillars
11
food
10
flowers
2
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Bear Huckleberry
Gaylussacia ursina
caterpillars
11
food
8
flowers
2
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Blue Huckleberry
Gaylussacia tomentosa
caterpillars
8
food
8
flowers
1
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Dwarf Dangleberry
Gaylussacia nana
caterpillars
8
food
8
flowers
1
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Woolly Huckleberry
Gaylussacia mosieri
caterpillars
7
food
8
flowers
1
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Northern Dwarf Huckleberry
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
flowers
1
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Blue Ridge Huckleberry
Gaylussacia orocola