Gaylussacia ursina (M.A.Curtis) Torr. & A.Gray

Bear huckleberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Gaylussacia

Characteristics

Plants 3-10(-15) dm, forming small to extensive colonies; branches spreading; twigs of current season pale green to light brown, sparsely hairy. Leaves: petiole 1-2 mm; blade greenish white abaxially, green to yellowish green or reddish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, 2.5-6 × 2.3-4 cm, membranous, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface sessile-glandular, hairy along veins, adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescences spreading or drooping, 4-6-flowered, bracteate, 0.7-2.5 cm, glabrous; bracts early-deciduous, leaflike, 1-2 mm, shorter than pedicels, glabrous, sessile-glandular. Pedicels 6-9 mm, sparsely hairy (hairs red), sessile-glandular; bracteoles 1-2, 1-1.5 mm. Flowers: sepals 5, 0.5 mm, glabrous, sparsely sessile-glandular; petals 4-5, corolla greenish white, urceolate, 4-5 mm, lobes ovate-deltate, ca. 1 mm; filaments 3-3.5 mm, glabrous; anthers included, 1 mm, thecae not divergent; ovary glabrous. Drupes juicy, sweet, glossy black, 7-10 mm diam., glabrous. Seeds 1 mm, smooth.
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A deciduous shrub. It grows 1.8 m high. The leaves are small and dark green. The flowers contain both sexes but may be partly self infertile. The fruit are black.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.8
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Environment

It is a temperate plant. The grow in acid soils and do not tolerate alkaline soils. They do best in moist, well-drained soils. They cannot tolerate waterlogging.
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Wooded slopes and summits, often in acid humus.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 1-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

The fruit can be eaten.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed. Plants can be grown from cuttings.
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Images

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Distribution

Gaylussacia ursina world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107949-2
WFO ID wfo-0000695822
COL ID 3FFX4
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Synonyms

Gaylussacia ursina Adnaria ursina Decachaena ursina Decamerium ursinum Vaccinium ursinum