Gaylussacia ursina (M.A. Curtis) Torr. & A. Gray
Ericaceae
| Collection Number | Davidson, C 12965 |
| Collectors | Chris Davidson, D. E. Boufford, Sharon Christoph & Tomomi Masaki |
| Identified By | D. Boufford (G), May, 2015 |
| Source | C. Davidson |
| Date | 12 May 2015 |
| Country | USA |
| state | North Carolina |
| county | Macon |
| Location | Highlands. Along road to Sunset Rock off Horse Cover Road SE of the city of Highlands. |
| Lat/Long | N 35 02 47 W 083 11 13 |
| Note | Shrub 0.75 m. |
Local Habitat
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| Location | USA, Macon County, North Carolina, Highlands. Along road to Sunset Rock off Horse Cover Road SE of the city of Highlands., N 35 02 47 W 083 11 13 |
| Date | 12 May 2015 |
| Ecology | Mixed Quercus forest (Q. rubra, Q. coccinea, Q. alba) with Magnolia fraseri and M. tripetala, Acer rubrum and Nyssa sylvatica and mixed ericaceous shrub layer (Epigaea, Gaultheria, Gaylussacia, Kalmia latifolia, Oxydendrum, Vaccinium and Leiophyllum at margin of forest). |
| Comment | Most of the species found here are in forest along and below the road to this outcrop. |
