Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium parvifolium |
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hairy blueberry, small cluster blueberry, woolly berry, wooly berry |
red huckleberry |
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Habit | Plants forming open colonies, 2–5(–7.5) dm; twigs green, slightly angled, pilose or hairy. | Plants crown-forming, sometimes suckering when injured, 10–70 dm, not rhizomatous; twigs of current season green, sharply angled, glabrous or minutely puberulent in lines; (short lateral branches on both orthotropic and plagiotropic shoots often divaricate to 75° giving shrub a distinct fasciculate aspect). |
Leaves | deciduous; blade green, elliptic, 23–62 × 10–36 mm, subcoriaceous, margins entire, surfaces densely hairy, eglandular abaxially. |
blades dark green, ovate to oblong-elliptic, 13–25 × 8–14 mm, margins entire, surfaces puberulent or glabrous abaxially, glabrous adaxially. |
Flowers | calyx green, glandular-hairy; corolla white, cylindric, 5–9 mm, (glandular-hairy); filaments hairy. |
calyx pale green, lobes spreading, distinct, broadly ovate, 0.4–0.6 mm, glabrous; corolla pink, bronze, or yellowish green, globose to urceolate, 4–6 × 3–5 mm, thin, glaucous; filaments glabrous. |
Berries | black, 7–9 mm diam., hairy. |
red, sometimes faintly glaucous, translucent, 7–10 mm diam. |
Seeds | 3–9, ca. 1 mm. |
ca. 1 mm. |
2n | = 48. |
= 24. |
Vaccinium hirsutum |
Vaccinium parvifolium |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Dry oak-pine ridges and mountain meadows | Coniferous woods, often on stumps and logs, disturbed areas |
Elevation | 600-1500 m (2000-4900 ft) | 0-1100 m (0-3600 ft) |
Distribution |
GA; NC; TN
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AK; CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Vaccinium hirsutum is uncommon (but not threatened) in Tennessee, rare in North Carolina, and probably extirpated in Georgia. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The red, waxy fruits of Vaccinium parvifolium were popular with all coastal Indian tribes and remain so with recreational pickers. The berries are somewhat sour but make excellent pastries and preserves. Commercial use of V. parvifolium is limited; vigorous growth, ease of harvest, and site adaptability provide opportunities. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 8, p. 529. | FNA vol. 8, p. 522. |
Parent taxa | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Cyanococcus | Ericaceae > subfam. Vaccinioideae > Vaccinium > sect. Myrtillus |
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Synonyms | Cyanococcus hirsutus | |
Name authority | Buckley: Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 175. 1843 , | Smith: in A. Rees, Cycl. 36: Vaccinium no. 3. 1817 , |
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