Details for: NA 71198, Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray, NA 71198


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray
Top Name:
NA 71198
Origin:
Collected – Kentucky, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 2001
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Layer
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray
Top Name:
NA 71198
Origin:
Collected – Kentucky, United States
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Oct 2001
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Layer
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Collected
10 March 2001.
Kentucky, United States
Locality: Big South Fork National Recreation Area, Yahoo Falls Scenic Area off of Kentucky Route 700 on Forest Road 660.
Coordinates: 36.7740, -84.5242 (Map it)
Elevation: 390m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Deciduous woodland above steep cliffs.
Associated species: Magnolia macrophylla; Kalmia latifolia; Vaccinium sp.; Nyssa sylvatica; Acer rubrum; Tsuga canadensis; Smilax sp.; Hamamelis virginiana; Acer saccharum; Rhododendron maximum; Clethra acuminata; Quercus sp.
Aspect: Northwest; Slope: 5.71059
Comment: DESCRIPTION: Evergreen, low growing, suckering groundcover, height 7.5 to 20 cm.; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 2: McCreary County; COLLECTOR'S NUMBER: USNAKY2001-019;
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 71198
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

10 BX
Type: Other or unclassified name

RJLKY2001-019
Type: Other or unclassified name

USNAKY2001-019
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray
Genus:
Gaylussacia
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

319644
Place of publication:

Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts ser. 2, 3:54. 1846
Verified:
01/21/1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Vaccinium brachycerum Michx.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbox huckleberry  1Smith, H. & D. Smith. 1971. The box huckleberry, Gaylussacia brachycera. Castanea 36:81-91.
Swedishdvärgbockbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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