Gaylussacia mosieri
Gaylussacia mosieri
Found in pine savannas and seepages. FloraQuest, phone app (app page) What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?
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- Up to 6 hours of direct sun
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 12 Alabama counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.
Places where groundwater keeps the soil or rock wet, such as seepage slopes and spring runs.
Who uses this plant?
34CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL
Genus host records with ranges including AL · Gaylussacia
- Acleris curvalanaBlueberry Leaftier Moth
- Acrobasis vacciniiCranberry Fruitworm
- Amorbia humerosanaWhite-Lined Leafroller Moth
- Antaeotricha leucillanaWell-Marked Leaf Tier, Pale Gray Bird-Dropping Moth
- Antheraea polyphemusPolyphemus Moth
- Archips purpuranaOmnivorous Leafroller Moth
- Callophrys augustinusThe Brown Elfin
- Callophrys henriciHenry's Elfin
- Cameraria hamadryadellaSolitary Oak Leafminer Moth
- Choristoneura obsoletanaObsolete Leafroller
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- Clepsis peritanaGarden Tortrix
- Crocigrapha normaniNorman's Quaker
- Cyclophora myrtariaWaxmyrtle Wave
- Cyclophora pendulinariaSweetfern Geometer
- Darapsa choerilusAzalea Sphinx
- Datana drexeliiDrexel's Datana
- Euplexia benesimilisAmerican Angle Shades
- Hyalophora cecropiaCecropia Silkmoth, Cecropia Moth
- Limenitis archippusViceroy
- Lithacodes fasciolaYellow-Shouldered Slug
- Megalopyge crispataBlack-Waved Flannel Moth, Crinkled Flannel Moth
- Melanomma auricinctariaGold-Lined Melanomma
- Morrisonia confusaConfused Woodgrain
- Olethreutes permundanaRaspberry Leafroller
- Paonias astylusHuckleberry Sphinx
- Prionapteryx nebuliferaClouded Veneer Moth
- Scopula limboundataLarge Lace-Border
- Sphinx kalmiaeFawn Sphinx, Laurel Sphinx
- Strepsicrates smithianaBayberry Leaftier
- Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
- Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformisEvergreen Bagworm Moth
- Xestia dilucidaDull Reddish Dart, Reddish Heath Dart
- Zomaria interruptolineanaBroken-Lined Zomaria
- Tallula atrifascialis
4BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Gaylussacia
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
3Specialist beesPollen specialists
Pollen specialists · Gaylussacia
- Andrena bradleyi
- Andrena carolina
- Colletes validus
11BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Gaylussacia
- Acanthis flammeaCommon Redpoll
- Callipepla californicaCalifornia Quail
- Catharus guttatusHermit Thrush
- Catharus ustulatusSwainson's Thrush
- Hylocichla mustelinaWood Thrush
- Lagopus lagopusWillow Ptarmigan
- Loxia leucopteraWhite-winged Crossbill
- Pinicola enucleatorPine Grosbeak
- Sialia sialisEastern Bluebird
- Turdus migratoriusAmerican Robin
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- Tyrannus tyrannusEastern Kingbird
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- ERICACEAE
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Alabama rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Alabama Plant Atlas
- NatureServe Explorer
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications