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Gaylussacia ursina
Bear huckleberry is a native shrub of the southern Appalachians that can grow up to about 2 m tall and sometimes forms large colonies. Its sweet black berries are its main ornamental and edible feature.
Gaylussacia ursina, the bear huckleberry, is a plant species native to the southern Appalachians (Georgia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas).
Gaylussacia ursina is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, sometimes forming huge colonies. Flowers are in groups of 4–6, greenish-white. Fruits are black, sweet and juicy.
Black huckleberry · Bog Huckleberry · Box huckleberry · Dwarf huckleberry · Blue huckleberry · Woolly huckleberry · Blue Ridge Huckleberry · Gaylussacia pulchra · Hairytwig huckleberry
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gaylussacia ursina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
