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shrub,
shrubs,
swampBlue huckleberry is a common but rarely dominant shrub in the Atlantic and
Gulf coastal plains [
12]. It occurs in dry and moist woods,
particularly in pine (Pinus spp.) flatwoods [
7].
Blue huckleberry frequently occurs with other ericaceous shrubs including
highbush cranberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), hillside blueberry (V.
pallidum), Lyonia spp., sheep-laurel (Kalmia angustifolia), wintergreen
(Gaultheria procumbens), dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa), and
black huckleberry (G. baccata) [
9,
17,
28,
31].
At swamp and drainage margins, blue huckleberry is associated with red maple
(Acer rubrum), southern bayberry (Myrica cerifera), sweetbay (Magnolia
virginiana), sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia), redbay (Persea
borbonia), loblolly bay (Gordonia lasianthus), fetterbush (Leucothoe
racemosa), and Sphagnum spp. [
8,
9,
18,
34].
In longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) and slash pine (P. elliottii)
communities, blue huckleberry occurs with bitter gallberry (Ilex glabra),
wiregrass (Aristida stricta), and saw-palmetto (Serenoa repens)
[
18,
28,
31].
Blue huckleberry is listed as a dominant species in the following
publications:
1. The phytosociology of the Green Swamp, North Carolina [
18]
2. The ecology of southeastern shrub bogs (pocosins) and Carolina bays:
a community profile [
28]