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Section: Batodendron    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)

Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-001:

Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Batodendron arboreum

 

COMMON NAME:
Sparkleberry, Farkleberry


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image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2362_v_arboreum

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_835

        

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_836

        

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_baar2_001_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8931

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6096

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm110417_005

April    Cleburne County    AL

Mount Cheaha

Leaves coriaceous, evergreen to tardily deciduous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1132

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1138

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Leaves entire or serrulate, often spinulose, mucronulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvarboreum_and2

April    Anderson County    SC

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvarboreum_laurens

May?    Laurens County    SC

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvarboreum_trsp2

June    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Corolla bell-shaped, 5-8mm across and about as long, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071014_001

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071014_003

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Bark scaly, grayish outer bark revealing red-brown inner bark, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071028_099

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Berry black, lustrous, 5-8mm long, dry and mealy, long persistent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071028_102

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071028_103

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0182

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0183

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221007_0278

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221007_0290

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm231010_5925

October    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    s071011_d

October    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, oval or obovate, 2-7 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    s071011_d2

October    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-001:
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Batodendron arboreum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1578

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky or sandy woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs, usually xeric and often fire-maintained, and unlike most other Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen/Tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire or with minute serrulate points

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry

 

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