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Gaylussacia
Also called Huckleberries
Gaylussacia is a genus of about fifty shrub species in the heath family, native to eastern North America and the Andes and southeastern Brazil. Commonly grown members are the native blueberry-like huckleberries, which need acidic, well-drained soil and some sun.
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).
Gaylussacia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) species including Coleophora gaylussaciella (which feeds exclusively on Gaylussacia) and Coleophora multicristatella.
Black huckleberry · Bog Huckleberry · Box huckleberry · Gaylussacia cinerea · Dwarf huckleberry · Blue huckleberry · Woolly huckleberry · Confederate huckleberry · Blue Ridge Huckleberry · Gaylussacia pulchra · Hairytwig huckleberry · Bear huckleberry
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
