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Vaccinium boreale

Vaccinium corymbosum

high-bush blueberry
Habit Deciduous shrubs, the stems 10-50 dm. tall; twigs green, angular to terete, hairy in lines.
Leaves

Leaves alternate, the blades dark green, ovate to narrowly elliptic, 15-70 mm. long and 10-25 mm. wide, entire to sharply serrate, usually glabrous, somewhat leathery.
Flowers

Inflorescences axillary or terminal, 2- to 10-flowered racemes;

calyx 5-lobed, green, glabrous;

corolla white to pink, cylindric, 5-12 mm. long, 5-lobed;

stamens 10, the filaments with hairs on the margins;

anthers opening by pores;

ovary inferior.
Fruits

Berries dull black to blue, 4-12 mm. in diameter, glabrous and glaucous.

Vaccinium boreale

Vaccinium corymbosum
Flowering time May-June
Habitat Open swamps, sandy margins of ponds and lakes.
Distribution
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Occurring west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to southwestern Oregon; native from southern Great Plains to eastern North America.
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Origin Introduced from central and eastern North Amercia
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
V. cespitosum, V. corymbosum, V. deliciosum, V. macrocarpon, V. membranaceum, V. myrtilloides, V. myrtillus, V. ovalifolium, V. ovatum, V. oxycoccos, V. parvifolium, V. scoparium, V. uliginosum
V. cespitosum, V. deliciosum, V. macrocarpon, V. membranaceum, V. myrtilloides, V. myrtillus, V. ovalifolium, V. ovatum, V. oxycoccos, V. parvifolium, V. scoparium, V. uliginosum
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