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Gaylussacia dumosa

(Andr.) Torr. & Gray

Southern Dwarf Huckleberry

G5Secure Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.796953
Element CodePDERI0G0Y0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderEricales
FamilyEricaceae
GenusGaylussacia
Concept Reference
Weakley, A. S. 2006. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and surrounding areas. Working draft of 17 January 2006. University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. Online. Available: http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm (accessed 2006).
Taxonomic Comments
Gaylussacia dumosa in the narrow sense of Sorrie and Weakley (2007) and FNA (vol. 8, 2009), excluding bigeloviana and orocola material; Sorrie and Weakley (2007) recognize these taxa as the distinct species G. bigeloviana and G. orocola.
Conservation Status
Review Date2008-09-12
Change Date2008-09-12
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
North CarolinaS5Yes
PennsylvaniaSHYes
West VirginiaS1Yes
LouisianaSNRYes
TennesseeS3Yes
South CarolinaS5Yes
AlabamaSNRYes
GeorgiaSNRYes
MississippiSNRYes
FloridaSNRYes
VirginiaS4Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Florida (2)
AreaForestAcres
Alexander Springs CreekOcala National Forest2,954
SavannahApalachicola National Forest1,927
References (4)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2009. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 8. Magnoliophyta: Paeoniaceae to Ericaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 585 pp.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  3. Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley. 2007. Notes on the <i>Gaylussacia dumosa</i> complex (Ericaceae). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1): 333-344.
  4. Weakley, A. S. 2006. Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, Georgia, and surrounding areas. Working draft of 17 January 2006. University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill. Online. Available: http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm (accessed 2006).