ID is uncertain 
Decachaena frondosa (L.) Torr. & A. Gray
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Gaylussacia frondosa (L.) Torr. & A. Gray ex Torr. Blue huckleberry, dangleberry, hairy dangleberry
Blue huckleberry is a North American native plant. I had to laugh when I first encountered another of its common names: dangleberry. That's the feature I immediately noticed when I first saw the plants, berries hanging on long stems instead of closely clustered like most of the related species. Identification: Shrubs are deciduous, heavily branched, and up to 6½′ (2 m) in height. Leaves are up to 2½″ (7 cm) × 1¼″ (3.5 cm), and hairy and glandular on the leaf bottoms. Flowers are greenish-white. Fruits are ¼″ (8 mm) in diameter, usually blue, but may be black or even white. Flowers and fruits hang on long petioles. This Gaylussacia and Vaccinium comparision chart compares these closely related genera, both of which contain plants called huckleberries. Edibility: Berries are edible. They are sweet and tasty, similar in taste to blueberries. Online References:
The USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants
8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts Gaylussacia frondosa description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
8/2/2010 · Beaver Brook Association Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 15 cm)
8/17/2013 · Hopkinton State Park, Hopkinton, Massachusetts
8/2/2010 · Beaver Brook Association Conservation Lands, Rte. 130, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 12 × 8″ (31 × 20 cm) Range:
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