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Blue Ridge huckleberry
Gaylussacia orocola
Gaylussacia orocola, is a plant species native only to the southern Appalachians of western North Carolina. This plant grows only in Mountain Bogs, severely limiting available habitat. This plant has many common names which may be shared with other species. It is known to The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program as the Appalachian dwarf huckleberry and The North Carolina Botanical Garden knows it as the Blue Ridge bog huckleberry. It may also be referred to as the Gopherberry, Blue Ridge huckleberry, or Dwarf Huckleberry.
From the article Gaylussacia orocola on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Gaylussacia orocola is an erect, branched shrub. It has oval, leathery leaves which feature "mucronate" tips. The uppermost leaves exposed to the sun may become red tinged. It has white bell-shaped flowers, which grow in clusters on the stems. The plant's juicy berries are a deep blue-black, adored by birds and mammals, and considered essentially tasteless.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 920744.