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Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia Baccata) Native Growing Regions: Alabama Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Vermont Virginia Wisconsin

• Category: Dicot
• Genus: Gaylussacia
• Family: Ericaceae
• Order: Ericales
• Class: Magnoliopsida
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Duration: Perennial
• Growth Habit: Shrub
• Native Status: L48 (N) CAN (N) SPM (N)
• State T/E Status: IA (T)
• State T/E Common Name: IA (black huckleberry)
• National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU
• Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU) 2(FACU) 3(FACU)
• Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
• Allelopath: No
• Bloat: None
• C:N Ratio: High
• Coppice Potential: No
• Fall Conspicuous: No
• Fire Resistance: No
• Flower Color: White
• Flower Conspicuous: Yes
• Foliage Color: Green
• Foliage Porosity Summer: Dense
• Foliage Porosity Winter: Moderate
• Foliage Texture: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Color: Black
• Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
• Growth Form: Multiple Stem
• Growth Rate: Slow
• Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 2
• Height Mature (feet): 4
• Leaf Retention: No
• Lifespan: Long
• Low Growing Grass: No
• Resprout Ability: Yes
• Shape and Orientation: Erect
• Toxicity: None
• Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
• Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
• Anaerobic Tolerance: Low
• CaCO3 Tolerance: Low
• Cold Stratification Required: No
• Drought Tolerance: Medium
• Fertility Requirement: Low
• Fire Tolerance: High
• Frost Free Days Minimum: 100
• Hedge Tolerance: Low
• Moisture Use: Low
• pH (Minimum): 4.5
• pH (Maximum): 6.5
• Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 1200
• Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 4800
• Precipitation (Minimum): 28
• Precipitation (Maximum): 60
• Root Depth Minimum (inches): 14
• Salinity Tolerance: None
• Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
• Temperature Minimum (°F): -33
• Bloom Period: Late Spring
• Commercial Availability: No Known Source
• Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
• Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer
• Fruit/Seed Persistence: Yes
• Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
• Propagated by Bulbs: No
• Propagated by Container: Yes
• Propagated by Corms: No
• Propagated by Cuttings: No
• Propagated by Seed: Yes
• Propagated by Sod: No
• Propagated by Sprigs: No
• Propagated by Tubers: No
• Seed per Pound: 354000
• Seed Spread Rate: Slow
• Seedling Vigor: Low
• Small Grain: No
• Vegetative Spread Rate: Slow

Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia Baccata)

Gaylussacia Baccata, or more commonly know as Black Huckleberry, is a shrub with green foliage and white flowers of the genus Gaylussacia. It has a slow growth rate and a height of 4 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It’s active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during late spring, is tolerant of shade and is routinely available commercially. Gaylussacia Baccata or Black Huckleberry‘s floral region is North America US Lower 48, specifically in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont and Wisconsin.

Tags: Dicot, Ericaceae, Ericales, Gaylussacia, Green, Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Multiple Stem, Perennial, Shrub, Slow

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