Details for: NA 71199, Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray, NA 71199


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray
Top Name:
NA 71199
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 71199
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
04 October 2001.
Kentucky, United States
Locality: Funston Benchmark; .9 miles northwest of Funston Benchemark on abandoned Forest Service Road 5003 above south-facing cliff above Rams Horn Branch on Grassy Gap Ridge.
Coordinates: 36.9093, -84.4050 (Map it)
Elevation: 342m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Dense new growth in a young, regenerating forest in deep shade.
Associated species: Gaultheria procumbens; Euonymus americanus; Epigaea repens; Stewartia ovata; Acer rubrum; Carya glabra; Quercus shumardii; Ilex opaca; Vaccinium sp.; Cornus florida; Tsuga canadensis; Mitchella repens
Slope: 2.86241
Comment: DESCRIPTION: Evergreen, low growing, suckering groundcover; height 7.5 to 20 cm.; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 2: McCreary County; COLLECTOR'S NUMBER: USNAKY2001-006; MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ABOUT WILD COLLECTION: humardii, Ilex opaca, Vaccinium sp., Cornus florida, Tsuga canadensis and Mitchella repens.;
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Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 71199
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

11 BX
Type: Other or unclassified name

RJLKY2001-020
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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