Blue Huckleberry

Gaylussacia frondosa var. tomentosa
Español: Cuasia
Shrub for woodland edge or casual garden.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Wildlife

Fruits are prized by a variety of birds and mammals.

Habitat

Sandhills, scrub, flatwoods, cypress swamp margins. Acid soils. Mesic to dry-mesic flatwoods, edges of bayneads, cypress depressions, cutthroat seeps.

Did You Know?

  • Fall color, Showy flowers, Showy fruits
  • Pollinated primarily by native bees.