Ericaceae
Bear huckleberry
Gaylussacia ursina
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Gaylussacia
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Gaylussacia ursinaEricaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bear huckleberry
Synonyms
- Adnaria ursina (M.A.Curtis) Kuntze
- Decachaena ursina (M.A.Curtis) Small
- Decamerium ursinum (M.A.Curtis) Ashe
- Vaccinium ursinum M.A.Curtis
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.