Gaylussacia mosieri

Photographs belong to the photographers who allow use for FNPS purposes only. Please contact the photographer for all other uses.

Can save as 500x500px image

Wooly-berry

Form:	Shrub
Size:	1-3 ft tall; spreads by rhizomes to form colonies.
Life Span:	Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:	White
Fruit Color:	Black
Noted for:	Fall color, Showy flowers

Recommended Uses:

Shrub in an informal, moist garden and would make a good backdrop for a bog garden, or a good plant to plant along a moist woodland edge.

Propagation:

Seed, root division, cuttings.

Availability:

Seed

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding)

Moisture Tolerance:

Usually moist, occasional inundation ----- to ----- Somewhat moist, no flooding

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or other substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Wildlife:	Fruits eaten by a variety of birds and mammals.
Insects:	Pollinated by native bees.
Native Habitats:	Bogs, wet savannas, edges of bayheads, mesic to hydric flatwoods.

Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures

Ethnobotany:	Edible though seedy.
General Comments:	Rarely gown likely because of its need for moist sites.