Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Cyanococcus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium fuscatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Read more about Hairy Highbush Blueberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium fuscatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)
Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium corymbosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-010:
Vaccinium atrococcum FAMILY Ericaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus atrococcus
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus fuscatus
COMMON NAME:
Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vaat_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_vaat_002_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvfuscatum_and15vg
March Anderson County SC
Flowers urn-shaped, pinkish or greenish, opening as leaves emaerge, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvfuscatum_and23habg
March Anderson County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvfuscatum_and4vg
March Anderson County SC
Calyx lobes triangular to lanceolate, erect to ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6682
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm220412_6684
April Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120526_637
May Spartanburg County SC
Hairs of the twigs & leaf surfaces dingy, brownish or dark. Leaves dark green, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm120526_640
May Spartanburg County SC
Leaves entire to very finely serrulate, hairy below. Twigs dingy-hairy, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).
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JK Marlow jkm120526_644
May Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120727_953
July Spartanburg County SC
Fruit a many-seeded black berry, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm120727_956
July Spartanburg County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium fuscatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium fuscatum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Field Manual of Michigan Flora (Voss & Reznicek, 2012)
Vaccinium corymbosum var. atrococcum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium corymbosum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vaccinium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-010:
Vaccinium atrococcum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus atrococcus
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cyanococcus fuscatus
2374
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: bogs, pocosins, swamps, also in uplands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins entire
FLOWER:
Spring
Pinkish /Greenish
(rarely whitish)
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed urceolate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p244
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p29
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p364
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p238
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