Taxonomy
Family: Ericaceae
Habitat
Dry, acid, sandy or peaty soils. Occasionally found in bogs and in acid soil near water.
Associates
The flowering specimens in the pictures were found with highbush blueberry and swamp azalea.
Distribution
Most of the eastern half of the U.S. except Florida.
Morphology
Upright deciduous shrub. Leaves simple, oblong to ovate, with yellow resinous glands above and below. Flowers conic, reddish. Fruit a black berry.
Notes
Flowers late April to June
Wetland indicator: Facultative upland
Fruits edible.
Bibliography
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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