Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium simulatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium simulatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium simulatum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium corymbosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium simulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium simulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-009:
Vaccinium constablaei FAMILY Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus simulatus
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Highbush Blueberry
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvsimulatum_lvl1
June Avery County NC
Leaves narrowly ovate, apex acuminate, margins distinctly serrulate, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium simulatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium simulatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium simulatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium corymbosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium simulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium simulatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-009:
Vaccinium constablaei
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus simulatus
1579
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Forested slopes (northern hardwoods, spruce-fir forests), ridges, and shrub balds, at moderate and high elevations, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire to minutely serrulate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Whitish-pink
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p116?
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p298
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p29
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p366
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