Vaccinium corymbosum - (image 1 of 6)
Taxonomy
Family: Ericaceae
Habitat
Bogs, swampy woods.
Associates
Distribution
Nova Scotia and ME south to FL, west to MI, northern IL, KY, AR, eastern OK and eastern TX..
Morphology
Upright deciduous shrub to 3 m, occasionally to 5 m, typically crown-forming. Leaves simple, elliptic to ovate, finely serrate, pubescent (sometimes glabrous above), 3-8 x 1.5-4 cm. Flowers white to pinkish, urn-shaped in clusters of 8 to 10. Fruit an edible blue black berry with a waxy bloom.
Notes
Flowers late April to mid May
Wetland indicator: Facultative Wetland
The fruit of this species is smaller but typically as good or better than cultivated blueberries. Fruits ripen in late June or July.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
Swink, F. and G. Wilhelm. 1994. Plants of the Chicago Region.
Indiana Academy of Science. The Morton Arboretum. Lisle, Illinois.
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