Kentucky Plant Atlas




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Ericaceae <Vaccinioideae> Gaylussacia <Decamerium> frondosa
Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & Gray
ALI: no HAB: n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a ABU: n/a, n/a, 0
This small shrub occurs mostly in coastal regions of mid-Atlantic states, but it extends inland to some Appalachanian Mts., including the Ridge and Valley region of w. Va. (FNA 8, K, W). There are several old reports from Ky., starting with Gray (1889) and Pr, which might be based on colls. to be located at GH or elsewhere (M). The related species, Gaylussacia ursina (M.A. Curtis) T. & G. ex Gray, is probably restricted to the southern Appalachians south of the Asheville Basin (W). It was reported from Ky. by Kearney (1893) and others, based apparently on T.H. Kearney #550 from Pine Mt. in BELL, but that coll. was redet. as Lyonia ligustrina by Fernald (M). G. ursina has also been reported recently from Cumberland Gap National Park in BELL (M. Pyne, pers. comm. to KSNPC). Further work may be needed to clarify the taxonomic and geographic limits of species within the "baccata group" of this genus (sect. Decamerium).