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Gaylussacia brachycera, commonly known as box huckleberry or box-leaved whortleberry, is a low North American shrub related to the blueberry and the other huckleberries. It is native to the east-central United States (Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, and Tennessee).
Apr 4, 1991 · The box huckleberry is a dwarf (1-4 dm) evergreen shrub that forms large, solid-mat, self-sterile colonies, each one appearing to consist of a single clone that may extend over 8 acres! One colony in Perry county Pennsylvania (the Amity-Hall area) is about a mile long.
- (Michx.) Gray
- Ericaceae
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- Gaylussacia brachycera
Jul 18, 2021 · the dwarf huckleberry (G. dumosa), which is found in Florida; the box huckleberry (G. brachycera), which is native to the eastern and central United States; In case you’re wondering, the actual berries called huckleberries are unrelated to the saying that someone “is your huckleberry.” What does it mean when you call someone a ...
Aug 19, 2014 · The box huckleberry ( Gaylussacia brachycera ) they found believed to be one of the oldest living things on Earth. It’s a small evergreen that bears fruit, and it’s now imperiled in several...
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Huckleberry is a name used in North America for several plants in the family Ericaceae, in two closely related genera: Vaccinium and Gaylussacia .
Sep 14, 2020 · There are many comparisons that can be made between huckleberries and blueberries, but they're not the same. To get technical, huckleberry refers to plants that grow in two genera: Gaylussacia and Vaccinium. Blueberries on the other hand only belong to the Vaccinium genus.
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The box huckleberry is a dwarf, evergreen shrub—a rare survivor of the last ice age. Individual colonies are "self-sterile"—that is, the berries grown from the pollen received from another part of the colony, will produce berries; however, these berries cannot spawn a new plant (colony).
