PLANTS Profile for Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry)

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Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch
black huckleberry

Symbol:

GABA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Photo of Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, PA. Usage Requirements.

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Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

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Synonyms:
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

DEBA7

Decachaena baccata (Wangenh.) Small

Distribution:
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 8 species in Gaylussacia

Classification:
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Gaylussacia Kunth – huckleberry
Species	Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch – black huckleberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Iowa:
black huckleberry		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

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Reg. 0

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FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Gaylussacia baccata (Wangenh.) K. Koch

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23660.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:38 PM CST