Gaylussacia baccata

Gaylussacia baccata
	Gaylussacia baccata
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Asterids
Order :	Heather-like (Ericales)
Family :	Heather family (Ericaceae)
Genre :	Gaylussacia
Type :	Gaylussacia baccata
Scientific name
	Gaylussacia baccata
	( Wangenh. ) K. Koch

Gaylussacia baccata ( English Black huckleberry ) is aplant from the heather family that is commonin much of eastern North America .

distribution

The species is native to eastern Canada and the Great Lakes region , the northeast , midwestern, and southeastern US states, the Appalachians, and the Ohio , Mississippi, and Tennessee valleys . The range extends from Newfoundland west to Manitoba and Minnesota , south to Arkansas , Alabama and Georgia .

description

Gaylussacia baccata is very similar to the native blueberry species ( Vaccinium spp.) With which it shares its habitats . However, it can be reliably identified by the numerous resin dots on the underside of the leaf, which glitter in the backlight. Gaylussacia baccata is a shrub up to 150 centimeters high that forms extensive stands. The flowers hang down in groups of 3… 7, are orange or red and bell-shaped. The berries are dark blue, almost black, rarely white.

use

The berries are sweet and tasty. They are eaten by animals; People eat them raw, made into jelly or as an ingredient in pancakes, muffins or other dishes.

Synonyms

According to the list of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, there are the following synonyms:

Andromeda baccata Wangenh. 1787
Decachaena baccata (Cheekh.) Small
Adnaria resinosa (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze
Decamerium resinosum Nutt.
Gaylussacia resinosa (Aiton) Torr. & A.Gray
Vaccinium glabrum, P. Watson
Vaccinium parviflorum Andrews
Vaccinium resinosum Aiton

Individual evidence

↑ Gaylussacia baccata . Retrieved April 25, 2019.
↑ Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Gaylussacia baccata . Retrieved April 25, 2019.
↑ Euell Gibbons: Stalking the Wild Asparagus . David McKay Publications, New York 1962.
↑ Gaylussacia baccata . Retrieved April 25, 2019.

Web links

Commons : Gaylussacia baccata - collection of images, videos and audio files

Photograph of a herbarium specimen at the Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Maryland in 1966

[1] Gaylussacia baccata . Retrieved April 25, 2019.

[2] Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Gaylussacia baccata . Retrieved April 25, 2019.

[3] Euell Gibbons: Stalking the Wild Asparagus . David McKay Publications, New York 1962.

[4] Gaylussacia baccata . Retrieved April 25, 2019.