FNPS Plant Database

Gaylussacia mosieri

wooly-berry

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Nomenclature

Common Name:

wooly-berry

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Gaylussacia mosieri

Family:

Ericaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

1-3 ft tall;  spreads by rhizomes to form colonies.

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

white

Fruit Color:

black

Phenology:

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Fall Color

Landscaping

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.

Considerations:

Availability:

Seed

Propagation:

Seed, root division, cuttings.

Light:

Full Sun, Part Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded------------------------------------------------Extremely Dry

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

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

USDA zones are based on the average annual extreme minimum winter temperature.



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Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Pollinated by native bees.

Fruits eaten by a variety of birds and mammals.

Native Habitats:

Bogs, wet savannas, edges of bayheads, mesic to hydric flatwoods.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

Edible though seedy.

General Comments:

Rarely gown likely because of its need for moist sites.

Citations:

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. 2021. Atlas of Florida Plants (http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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