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Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium corymbosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Smooth Highbush Blueberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium corymbosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
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
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vaco_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_vaco_003_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160402_017
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120505_022
May Rabun County GA
Chattahoochee National Forest
Apparently not reliably identifiable based on morphology, per Weakley's Flora.
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm150606_227
June Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm150606_231
June Watauga County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6069
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm200625_6071
June Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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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).
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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).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvcorymbosum_cg3
June
Calyx lobes triangular-ovate and spreading, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm181101_5458
November Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm181102_5484
November Greenville County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium corymbosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium corymbosum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
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
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)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Blue
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p072
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p263
- Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants p085
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p116
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p298
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p114
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p187
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p174
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p131
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p29
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p317
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p362