Gaylussacia baccata is a shrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall, forming extensive colonies.

It can be readily identified by the numerous resin dots on the undersides of the leaves which glitter when held up to the light.

The range extends from Newfoundland west to Manitoba and Minnesota, south as far as Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia.

[3] The shrub is considered fire-resistant due to surviving rhizomes quickly sending out new shoots following fires.

People eat them raw, jellied, or baked into pancakes, muffins, and many other items.