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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Gaylussacia baccata
|accepted_authority=(Wangenheim) K. Koch
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Dendrologie
|place=2(1): 93. 1872 ,
}}
|common_names=Black huckleberry;crackleberry
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Andromeda baccata
|authority=Wangenheim
|rank=species
|publication_title=Beytr. Teut. Forstwiss.,
|publication_place=111, plate 30, fig. 69. 1787
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Decachaena baccata
|authority=(Wangenheim) Small
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Gaylussacia baccata var. glaucocarpa
|authority=(B. L. Robinson) Mackenzie
|rank=variety
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Gaylussacia;Gaylussacia baccata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gaylussacia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Gaylussacia baccata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 531
|treatment_page=page 534
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>3–10(–15) dm, forming small to extensive colonies; branches spreading; twigs of current season pale green, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 1–2(–4) mm; blade pale green abaxially, green to yellowish green adaxially, ovate to oblong, (2–)2.5–5 × 1–2.5 cm, membranous to subcoriaceous, base cuneate, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse, surfaces glabrous, sometimes puberulent on major veins, sessile-glandular. <b>Inflorescences</b> drooping, 3–7-flowered, bracteate, 0.5–1.5 cm, glabrous; bracts early-deciduous, not leaflike (linear-lanceolate), 2–4 mm, shorter than pedicels, glabrous, sessile-glandular. <b>Pedicels</b> 3–6 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; bracteoles 1(–2), 1–2 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: sepals 5, 0.7–1 mm, glabrous, sessile-glandular; petals 4–5, corolla orange to red, campanulate-conic, 4–5 mm, lobes 0.5–0.7 mm; filaments 2 mm, glabrous; anthers included, 2.2–2.5 mm, thecae divergent distally; ovary glabrous. <b>Drupes</b> juicy, sweet, glossy black (sometimes blue, rarely white), 6–7 mm diam., glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 2 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Sandy or rocky soil in deciduous, pine, or mixed woods, roadsides, pastures, and utility rights-of-way, wet, acidic bogs, fens
|elevation=0-800 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Gaylussacia baccata
|authority=(Wangenheim) K. Koch
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Decachaena baccata;Gaylussacia baccata var. glaucocarpa
|basionyms=Andromeda baccata
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring.
|habitat=Sandy or rocky soil in deciduous, pine, or mixed woods, roadsides, pastures, and utility rights-of-way, wet, acidic bogs, fens
|elevation=0-800 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;Nfld. and Labr. (Nfld.);N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Dendrologie
|publication year=
|special status=
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|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Gaylussacia
|species=Gaylussacia baccata
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