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PLANTS

Black huckleberry

Gaylussacia baccata

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialWhite flowers
Black huckleberry, photo 1 of 5
Black huckleberry, In flower
Black huckleberry, In fruit
1.2 mHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 1.2 m. Grows near water.

There are 226 observations of Black huckleberry in Québec, mostly in Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent and Outaouais, and it has been reported in 13 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and August and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Chaudière-Appalaches40
  2. Bas-Saint-Laurent33
  3. Outaouais30
  4. Estrie26
  5. Montérégie25
  6. Laurentides17
  7. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine16
  8. Centre-du-Québec10
  9. Capitale-Nationale8
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean7
  11. Lanaudière6
  12. Mauricie4
  13. Côte-Nord4

Habitat

Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifolium
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
Black chokeberryAronia melanocarpa
Bog huckleberryGaylussacia bigeloviana
Velvetleaf blueberryVaccinium myrtilloides
Northern bayberryMorella pensylvanica
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
CatberryIlex mucronata
Common winterberryIlex verticillata
Alaska blueberryVaccinium ovalifolium
LeatherleafChamaedaphne calyculata
Dwarf bilberryVaccinium cespitosum