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Mon, Jul 23, 12 at 19:58
Name this shrub that I found today in an upland, oak/hickory understory. It grows abundantly, no more than waist high, producing many sour, green berries. A good wildlife shrub which seems right at home in the shade. |
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| Black huckleberry, Gaylussacia baccata. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 24, 12 at 9:33
| copper penny bush?? Lincoln platinus 'centus'???? or maybe chinensis ... get it?? .. china ... lol ... ken |
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- Posted by jimbobfeeny 5a IN (My Page) on Wed, Jul 25, 12 at 17:52
| Makes "cents" to me! Don't you just love a good pun? (The bad ones I can do without - Wait, "bad pun" is redundant) |
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| I've seen this shrub bloom in the spring. The corolla opens and flares outward. The stamens extend out and are very noticable I can't say that there's anything about this very common understory shrub that says Gaylussacia. Fully ripe fruits are green or yellow-green and sour, inedible. |
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| Vaccinium stamineum? |
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| ^5 esh_ga, it appears to be Vaccinium stamineum or none other than the Deerberry. This is one of 27 vaccinium species native to eastern US and Canada. Hard to believe but how could all this fruit:  Yield so little seed: |
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| So the berries don't turn blue at all? Or not all of them? I can't believe you processed all those fruits! Very little seed, indeed. I love the shape of this shrub - very elegant in the wild. |
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| Hiking on an abandoned slate quarry this afternoon, dominant trees were scrub pine, chestnut oak, sweet birch and right at home in the understory: Deerberry. The whole area was mossy, soil is acidic and free from invasives. Notice how the corolla flares open unlike the other Vaccinium. |
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