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Section: Cyanococcus    

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium fuscatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

Vaccinium fuscatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)

Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum

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

Vaccinium corymbosum

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

Vaccinium fuscatum

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

Vaccinium fuscatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)

Vaccinium fuscatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-010:

Vaccinium atrococcum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyanococcus atrococcus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cyanococcus fuscatus

 

COMMON NAME:
Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry


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image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vaat_001_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_vaat_002_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvfuscatum_and15vg

March    Anderson County    SC

Flowers urn-shaped, pinkish or greenish, opening as leaves emaerge, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvfuscatum_and23habg

March    Anderson County    SC

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvfuscatum_and4vg

March    Anderson County    SC

Calyx lobes triangular to lanceolate, erect to ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm220412_6682

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm220412_6684

April    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm120526_637

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Hairs of the twigs & leaf surfaces dingy, brownish or dark. Leaves dark green, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm120526_640

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaves entire to very finely serrulate, hairy below. Twigs dingy-hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm120526_644

May    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm120727_953

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Fruit a many-seeded black berry, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium fuscatum, Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

JK Marlow    jkm120727_956

July    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium fuscatum   FAMILY Ericaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)
Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum

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

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium fuscatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-010:
Vaccinium atrococcum   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus atrococcus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus fuscatus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2374

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, pocosins, swamps, also in uplands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring
Pinkish /Greenish (rarely whitish)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Berry

 

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