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'''''Gaylussacia bigeloviana''''', the '''bog huckleberry''', is a plant species native to the [[coastal plains]] of eastern Canada and the eastern United States. It grows from [[Newfoundland]] to [[South Carolina]].<ref>[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/State/Gaylussacia%20bigeloviana.png Biota of North America Program 2014 state-level distribution map]</ref>
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''Gaylussacia bigeloviana'' is a shrub up to 1 m (40 inches) tall, sometimes forming small colonies. It has thick, leathery leaves, shiny on the top side, pale green on the underside. Flowers are in groups of 3-7, white, pink, or red. Fruits are black, juicy but bland-tasting. The species grows in swamps and marshes, including acidic bogs alongside ''[[Sphagnum]]'' peatmosses.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250065725 Flora of North America, ''Gaylussacia bigeloviana'' (Fernald) Sorrie & Weakley, 2007. Bog huckleberry ]</ref><ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34395447#page/341/mode/1up Sorrie, Bruce A. Weakley, Alan S. 2007.  Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1): 333-344]</ref>
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:55, 20 August 2018

Gaylussacia bigeloviana
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Gaylussacia
Species:
G. bigeloviana
Binomial name
Gaylussacia bigeloviana
Synonyms[1]
  • Gaylussacia dumosa var. bigeloviana Fernald 1911

Bog Huckleberry

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Gaylussacia bigeloviana (Fernald) Sorrie & Weakley

Acknowledgements

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