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Britton and Brown. See
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| Botanical name: |
Vaccinium corymbosum L. |
| Common
name: |
highbush blueberry |
| Synonomy: |
| Cyanococcus corymbosus (L.) Rydb. | | Cyanococcus cuthbertii Small | | Vaccinium constablaei A. Gray | | Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. albiflorum (Hook.) Fernald | | Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. glabrum A. Gray |
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| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Ericaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
shrub |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
4-10' |
| Foliage: |
alternate leaves, simple, elliptical shape; dark green above, lighter underneath, glands on the underside |
| Flower
color: |
white, sometimes tinged with pale pink |
| Flower
size: |
3/8" long |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
May to June; fruits early July to Auguest |
| Habitat: |
woods, thickets, bogs; acidic soils |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
throughout most of the state |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
Most cultivated blueberries are hybridized from this plant. For more information on the cultivation of blueberries, visit Whitesbog.org, where blueberries were first cultivated. Whitesbog Village is located in Ocean County, NJ.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 700. |
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