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| USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 696. |
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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.
UK Hardiness Map
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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
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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 :
IUCN Red List
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.
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(Andrews.)Torr.&A.Gray.
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