Box Huckleberry
Gaylussacia brachycera
Box huckleberry is a rare evergreen groundcover huckleberry forming ancient, slowly creeping clonal colonies, some thousands of years old. A glossy, boxwood-like mat for acidic woodland shade.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0–1 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~44 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- DE, KY, MD, NC, PA, TN, VA, WV