PLANTS Profile for Gaylussacia brachycera (box huckleberry)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Cover Crops
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Documentation
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants
	Links
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	PLANTS Identification Keys
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Plant Materials Publications
	USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Printer-Friendly

PLANTS Profile

Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray
box huckleberry

Symbol:

GABR5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

Click on the image below to enlarge it and download a high-resolution TIFF file.

Line Drawing of Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 696. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

More Information:

Images:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray

See all the Gaylussacia thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Synonyms:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray

BUBR2

Buxella brachycera (Michx.) Small

Distribution:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (DE, KY, MD, PA, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 8 species in Gaylussacia

Classification:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Gaylussacia Kunth – huckleberry
Species	Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray – box huckleberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
box huckleberry		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
box huckleberry		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Gaylussacia brachycera (Michx.) A. Gray

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23661.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 10:05 AM CDT