PLANTS Profile for Vaccinium angustifolium (lowbush blueberry)

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Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton
lowbush blueberry

Symbol:

VAAN

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

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Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton

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Synonyms:
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton

	VAANH	Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. hypolasium Fernald
	VAANL	Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. laevifolium House
	VAANN	Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. nigrum (Alph. Wood) Dole
	VABR	Vaccinium brittonii Porter ex E.P. Bicknell
	VALA	Vaccinium lamarckii Camp
	VANI	Vaccinium nigrum (Alph. Wood) Britton

Distribution:
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton


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USA (CT, DE, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 43 species in Vaccinium

Classification:
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Vaccinium L. – blueberry
Species	Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton – lowbush blueberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Iowa:
low sweet blueberry		Threatened

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACU

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FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23579.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 06:06 AM CST