Index / Search / Gaylussacia dumosa
§1 Plant
Gaylussacia dumosa (Andrews) Torr. & A. Gray
vernacular dwarf huckleberry — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Gaylussacia
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 265 counties across 18 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Low
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- Low
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -23 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 180 min.
- Precipitation
- 28–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.3–6.5
- Root depth
- 14 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 1.4 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 1 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 364,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 265 counties across 18 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Atkinson 13003
- Bacon 13005
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bulloch 13031
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Clinch 13065
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Crawford 13079
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Effingham 13103
- Emanuel 13107
- Glascock 13125
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Jackson 13157
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Montgomery 13209
- Oconee 13219
- Pierce 13229
- Screven 13251
- Seminole 13253
- Stephens 13257
- Tattnall 13267
- Taylor 13269
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Durham 37063
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Macon 37113
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Augusta 51015
- Charlotte 51037
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Page 51139
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GADU ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2882744 ↗Record version
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