Details for: PI 666974, Gaylussacia dumosa (Andrews) Torr. & A. Gray, NC 96-36-1

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Gaylussacia dumosa (Andrews) Torr. & A. Gray

Top Name:

NC 96-36-1

Origin:

Collected – Alabama, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

09 Sep 1997

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Gaylussacia dumosa (Andrews) Torr. & A. Gray

Top Name:

NC 96-36-1

Origin:

Collected – Alabama, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

09 Sep 1997

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Shrub

Life Habit:

Shrub

Source History

Collected

09 September 1997.
Alabama, United States
Locality: About 100 ft. up U.S. Forest Service road 728 to the right,
Coordinates: 32.8967, -87.3864 (Map it)
Elevation: 0m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Upland site, basically open longleaf pine woods on steep
Comment: Small population collection of O.P. fruit. Large size dull
Collector(s):

Ballington, James R., North Carolina State University

Donated

09 September 1997.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

Ballington, James R., North Carolina State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

NC 96-36-1

Type: Collector identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

Ballington, James R. North Carolina State University

G. dumosa NC 96-36-1

Type: Site identifier

Group: SPECIES

accession preserved for genes

CGAY 13

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

BAL0596

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Very interesting Forest Service road, from the entrance on Highway 25 to the barricade, 1.3 miles up the road. No Fragaria found anywhere on the site. However the following species were noteworthy on the site: Rubus flagellaris - abundant, Vaccinium arboreum - abundant, Gaylussacia dumosa - scattered, Viti rotundifolia - scattered, Prunus serotina var. alabamensis - scattered, Prunus umbellata - scattered, Vaccinium elliottii - occasional, Vaccinium pallidum - occasional, Vaccinium stamineum - occasional, Vitits aestivalis - occasional, Castanea pumila - occasional, Acer luecoderme - occasional, Calycanthus flondus - occasional, Hydrangea quercifolia - occasional, Styrax ovata - occasional. Also V. arboreum segregating for leaf glaucousness on the site.

Gaylussacia dumosa (Andrews) Torr. & A. Gray

Genus:

Gaylussacia

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

319642

Place of publication:

Fl. New York 2:472, t. 67. 1843 (A. Gray, Mem Amer. Acad. Arts ser. 2, 3:50. 1846; A. Gray, Manual 259. 1848)

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63842495

Comment:

basionym cited on p. 448, combination made in index

Verified:

03/14/2025 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Vaccinium dumosum Andrews

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	dwarf huckleberry			1	Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:135.

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