Gaylussacia dumosa
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Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Gaylussacia dumosa |
| Common name: | dwarf huckleberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Growth type: | shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 8-24" |
| Foliage: | alternate, thick and shining with a bristle (mucrinate) tip |
| Flower: | 1/8-3/8" long, bell shaped; white to pale pink; fruit black, covered with short hairs, perfect, in one sided races |
| Flowering time: | flowers late May to late June; fruits late July into September |
| Habitat: | bogs, wet sandy soil |
| Range in New Jersey: | common throughout the southern and central portion of the state |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| Misc. | This species is distinguished from other local blueberries and huckleberries by the mucronate tip on each leaf (tiny pointed tip) and by the smaller leaves berries interspersed with the foliage rather than at the end.
Gaylussacia species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species. |