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NC Native Plant Society:
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Gaylussacia frondosa

Blue Huckleberry, Dangleberry

Scientific Name:

Gaylussacia frondosa

Genus:

Gaylussacia

Species Epithet:

frondosa

Common Name:

Blue Huckleberry, Dangleberry

Plant Type

Shrub

Life Cycle

Perennial

Plant Family

Ericaceae (Heath Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Invasive Status:

(*Key)

Size:

3-6 ft.

Bloom Color(s):

Pink

Light:

Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Moist, Wet

Bloom Time:

March, April, May

Growing Area:

Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

Mesic, acidic woodlands, especially in sandhill-pocosin and savanna-pocosin ecotones, also in xeric chestnut oak forests in the lower Piedmont. Common in NC coastal plain and sandhills, uncommon in the piedmont.

Leaf Arrangement:

Alternate

Leaf Retention:

Deciduous

Leaf Type:

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Wildlife Value:

Important for Wildlife

Landscape Value:

Not Assigned

State Rank:

S5: Secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

The pale blue fruits are produced on long, branching stalks that might account for a common name "Dangleberry".

North Carolina Sandhills Game Lands, Richmond County, North Carolina

The Scientific Name is Gaylussacia frondosa. You will likely hear them called Blue Huckleberry, Dangleberry. This picture shows the The pale blue fruits are produced on long, branching stalks that might account for a common name

Will Stuart

A pair of unusually plump huckleberries.

Scotland County, North Carolina

The Scientific Name is Gaylussacia frondosa. You will likely hear them called Blue Huckleberry, Dangleberry. This picture shows the A pair of unusually plump huckleberries.  of Gaylussacia frondosa

Will Stuart

In October, Gaylussacia frondosa leaves often turn a brilliant red as seen here at a pococin margin in the NC Sandhills Game Lands.

Richmond County, North Carolina

The Scientific Name is Gaylussacia frondosa. You will likely hear them called Blue Huckleberry, Dangleberry. This picture shows the In October, Gaylussacia frondosa leaves often turn a brilliant red as seen here at a pococin margin in the NC Sandhills Game Lands. of Gaylussacia frondosa

Will Stuart

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record



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