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Gaylussacia orocola
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Gaylussacia orocola, is a plant species native only to the southern Appalachians of western North Carolina. This plant grows only in Mountain Bogs, severely limiting available habitat. This plant has many common names which may be shared with other species. It is known to The North Carolina Natural Heritage Program as the Appalachian dwarf huckleberry and The North Carolina Botanical Garden knows it as the Blue Ridge bog huckleberry. It may also be referred to as the Gopherberry, Blue Ridge huckleberry, or Dwarf Huckleberry.
- Family
- Ericaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Gaylussacia orocola
- Slug
- gaylussacia-orocola
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Gaylussacia
- Species
- orocola
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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