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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Vaccinium corymbosum

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Vaccinium corymbosum

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

Vaccinium corymbosum

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

Vaccinium corymbosum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-008:

Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Vaccinium constablaei

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

Cyanococcus corymbosus

 

COMMON NAME:
Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry


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image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vaco_001_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_vaco_003_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm160402_017

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm120505_022

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

Apparently not reliably identifiable based on morphology, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm120505_027

May    Rabun County    GA

Chattahoochee National Forest

42 species of bees have been observed visiting highbush blueberry flowers, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm150606_227

June    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm150606_231

June    Watauga County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6069

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm200625_6071

June    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcorymbosum_brp234

June    Alleghaney County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Fruit blue, with glaucous bloom, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcorymbosum_cg2

June        

Urn-shaped white flowers open after some development of new leaves, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvcorymbosum_cg3

June        

Calyx lobes triangular-ovate and spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm181101_5458

November    Greenville County    SC

image of Vaccinium corymbosum, Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm181102_5484

November    Greenville County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium corymbosum

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-008:
Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Vaccinium constablaei

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

 

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1580

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, wet swamp forests, moist high elevation bogs, balds, and forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins mostly entire

FLOWER:
Spring
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry

 

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