DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Gaylussacia frondosa | Dangleberry 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Dangleberry occurs in the eastern United States.  The range of the
typical variety extends from New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
south along the Atlantic Coastal Plain to South Carolina [15].  Although
dangleberry occurs primarily east of the Appalachian Mountains, it has
been reported in Ohio, Tennessee, and West Virginia [3,13].  Gaylussacia
frondosa var. tomentosa occurs from South Carolina to central Florida
and west to Alabama [14,26].  The range of G. f. var. nana extends from
southern Georgia south to central Florida, and west to Mississippi and
possibly Louisiana [15].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES13  Loblolly - shortleaf pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES15  Oak - hickory


STATES : 
     AL  CT  DE  FL  GA  LA  MD  MA  MS  NH
     NJ  NY  NC  OH  PA  RI  SC  TN  VA  WV


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BLRI  CACO  CAHA  CATO  COLO  CUIS
     DEWA  FOCA  GWMP  PRWI


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K100  Oak - hickory forest
   K110  Northeastern oak - pine forest
   K111  Oak - hickory - pine forest
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K114  Pocosin


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    45  Pitch pine
    52  White oak - black oak - northern red oak
    70  Longleaf pine
    75  Shortleaf pine
    76  Shortleaf pine - oak
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    81  Loblolly pine
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
    97  Atlantic white-cedar
    98  Pond pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Dangleberry is a common but rarely dominant shrub in the Atlantic and
Gulf coastal plains [12].  It occurs in dry and moist woods,
particularly in pine (Pinus spp.) flatwoods [7].

Dangleberry frequently occurs with other ericaceous shrubs including
highbush cranberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), hillside blueberry (V.
pallidum), Lyonia spp., sheep-laurel (Kalmia angustifolia), wintergreen
(Gaultheria procumbens), dwarf huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa), and
black huckleberry (G. baccata) [9,17,28,31].

At swamp and drainage margins, dangleberry is associated with red maple
(Acer rubrum), southern bayberry (Myrica cerifera), sweetbay (Magnolia
virginiana), sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia), redbay (Persea
borbonia), loblolly bay (Gordonia lasianthus), fetterbush (Leucothoe
racemosa), and Sphagnum spp. [8,9,18,34].

In longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) and slash pine (P. elliottii)
communities, dangleberry occurs with bitter gallberry (Ilex glabra),
wiregrass (Aristida stricta), and saw-palmetto (Serenoa repens)
[18,28,31].

Dangleberry is listed as a dominant species in the following
publications:

1.  The phytosociology of the Green Swamp, North Carolina [18]
2.  The ecology of southeastern shrub bogs (pocosins) and Carolina bays:
      a community profile [28]

Related categories for Species: Gaylussacia frondosa | Dangleberry