PLANTS Profile for Vaccinium elliottii (Elliott's blueberry)

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Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.
Elliott's blueberry

Symbol:

VAEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Carl Hunter. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

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Synonyms:
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

CYEL7

Cyanococcus elliottii (Chapm.) Small

Distribution:
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 43 species in Vaccinium

Classification:
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

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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 elliottii Chapm. – Elliott's blueberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

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.

Tennessee:
Mayberry		Endangered

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 elliottii Chapm.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC+,FACW

FACW

FAC+

FACW-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Low		Moderate				Moderate

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Vaccinium elliottii Chapm.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23592.

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 06:08 AM CST