Gaylussacia baccata, the black huckleberry, is a common huckleberry found throughout a wide area of eastern North America.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Black huckleberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vaccinium corymbosum
- Gaylussacia frondosa
- Vaccinium pallidum
- Vaccinium fuscatum
- Gaylussacia tomentosa
- Gaylussacia bigeloviana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Gaylussacia
- Species
- Gaylussacia baccata
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