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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Gaylussacia dumosa is a deciduous Shrub growing to 0.3 m (1ft).
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6. It is in flower in June. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid soils and can grow in very acid soils.
It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

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Synonyms

Lasiococcus dumosus. Vaccinium dumosum. V. hirtellum.

Plant Habitats

Woodland Garden Sunny Edge; Dappled Shade;

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Fruit
Edible Uses:

Fruit - raw or cooked and used as a pie filling etc[3, 62, 183]. Juicy and deliciously spicy[183]. Watery and insipid[235], though commonly eaten according to another report[177]. Not much valued[11]. The fruit is about 8mm in diameter[235].

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Medicinal Uses

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None known

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Other Uses

None known

Special Uses

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Cultivation details

Requires a lime-free moist peaty soil, thriving in sun or part shade[1, 182]. Prefers a sandy soil[11]. Succeeds in wetter soils than other members of this genus[200]. Plants are hardy to about -15°c[200]. A very ornamental[1] and freely suckering shrub[182].

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Plant Propagation

Seed - best sown in the autumn in a cold frame[200]. Stored seed requires 1 month warm stratification followed by 2 months cold[113]. When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots of lime-free compost and grow them on in light shade in a greenhouse or cold frame for at least their first winter. Plant out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer when they are at least 15cm tall. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, July/August in a frame[200]. Layering. Division in spring.

Other Names

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Native Range

NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador), United States (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York (southeast), Pennsylvania (southeast), Rhode Island, West Virginia (Raleigh Co.), Alabama (south), Delaware, Florida (north), Georgia (south), Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi (south), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia)

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status :

Related Plants

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Gaylussacia baccata	Black Huckleberry	Shrub	1.0	5-9	LMH	SN	DM	4	1	0
Gaylussacia brachycera	Box Huckleberry	Shrub	0.5	5-9	LMH	FSN	DM	2	0	2
Gaylussacia frondosa	Dangleberry, Blue huckleberry	Shrub	1.8	5-9	LMH	SN	DM	3	0	0
Gaylussacia ursina	Bear Huckleberry	Shrub	1.8	5-9	LMH	SN	M	2	0

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

Gaylussacia dumosa - (Andrews.)Torr.&A.Gray.