OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 27 taxa.

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speaker icon Common Name: Box Huckleberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gaylussacia brachycera   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia brachycera   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Dry, acidic ridgetops and upper slopes, locally forming large clones, in the Coastal Plain in dry sandy soils

Rare in NC

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium arboreum 145-19-001   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

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

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Common Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to submesic woodlands, forests, and rock outcrops (unlike most Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks)

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Dwarf Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. 1   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pinelands

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Appalachian Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. 2   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to submesic woodlands and forests, including pine-oak/heath and shrub balds

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Florida Deerberry, Whiteleaf Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. caesium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. sericeum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. melanocarpum 145-19-002b   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric woodlands

Uncommon (rare in NC) (rare in SC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mayberry, Elliott's Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium elliottii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium elliottii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium elliottii 145-19-003   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomlands, slopes, sandy river terraces, natural levees

Common (rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Northern Lowbush Blueberry, Sugarberry, Low Sweet Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium angustifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium angustifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic forests and woodlands, cliffs and talus (especially sandstone and quartzite), usually at high elevations

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Dwarf Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Narrowleaf Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium tenellum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium tenellum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium tenellum 145-19-004   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, Piedmont hardpan woodlands, other xeric woodlands

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare in GA Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rabbiteye Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, Rabbitberry, Smallflower Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium virgatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium virgatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium amoenum 145-19-005   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pocosins and Chamaecyparis swamps, also in various drier habitats, including turkey oak sandhills

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium vacillans 145-19-006   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Forested slopes, usually rather xeric

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Woollyberry, Hairy Blueberry, Low-lowbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium hirsutum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium hirsutum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium hirsutum 145-19-007   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Mountain slopes and ridges, primarily in pine-oak and oak forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare in GA)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Velvetleaf Blueberry, Sourtop, Canada Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium myrtilloides   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium myrtilloides   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic, high elevation slopes and cliffs

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, wet swamp forests, moist high elevation bogs, balds, and forests

Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: New Jersey Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium caesariense   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium caesariense   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, bogs, moist ground

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern Highbush Blueberry, Swamp Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium formosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium formosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, swamps (especially blackwater, or at least where away from strong alluvial influence), seepages, depression ponds (dolines), other moist ground

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Blue Ridge Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium altomontanum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Grassy balds, heath balds, high elevation forests and woodlands

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium constablaei 145-19-009   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Forested slopes (northern hardwoods, spruce-fir forests), ridges, and shrub balds, at moderate and high elevations

Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium fuscatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium fuscatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium atrococcum 145-19-010   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, pocosins, swamps, also in uplands

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Evergreen Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium myrsinites   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium myrsinites   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium myrsinites 145-19-011   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Darrow's Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium darrowii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium darrowii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods

Common in GA Coastal Plain

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Creeping Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium crassifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium crassifolium 145-19-012   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, upland sandhills over clay pans

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Rayner's Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium sempervirens   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills, longleaf pine woodlands over sandstone and gravel outcrops

Rare (endemic to Lexington Co, SC)

Native to South Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bearberry, Highbush Cranberry, Mountain Cranberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium erythrocarpum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium erythrocarpum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium erythrocarpum 145-19-013   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky ridges, shrub or grassy balds, bogs, spruce-fir forests, usually at high elevations

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cranberry, Large Cranberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium macrocarpon   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium macrocarpon   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium macrocarpon 145-19-014   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Mountain bogs, low pocosins with deep peat, interdunal swales

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Small Cranberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs

Native (circumboreal, south in North America to WV)

 


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"A field rich in goldenrod, Joe-Pye weed, boneset, milkweed, black-eyed Susan, and dozens of other productive perennials supplies copious amounts of insect biomass for birds to rear their young. After it has been invaded by autumn or Russian olive, that same field is nearly sterile." — Douglas W. Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home