Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
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high-bush blueberry |
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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. |
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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. |
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Fruits | Berries dull black to blue, 4-12 mm. in diameter, glabrous and glaucous. |
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Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium corymbosum |
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Flowering time | May-June | |
Habitat | Open swamps, sandy margins of ponds and lakes. | |
Distribution | 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 | |
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