Black Huckeleberry . . . (Gaylussacia baccata = adorned with berries, pearls) A native of North America.
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Black Huckleberry is a fairly low deciduous shrub of dry areas,
for ex. ecotones or edge lines of mixed oak forests; similar
to the blueberry (Vaccinium spp.)
The signature wine-red flowers are perfect in clusters on
short racemes. The fruits are black.
