PLANTS Profile for Vaccinium erythrocarpum (southern mountain cranberry)

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PLANTS Profile

Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.
southern mountain cranberry

Symbol:

VAER

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.

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Synonyms:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.

	HUER3	Hugeria erythrocarpa (Michx.) Small
	OXER	Oxycoccus erythrocarpus (Michx.) Pers.

Distribution:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.


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USA (AL, GA, KY, NC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 43 species in Vaccinium

Classification:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.

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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 erythrocarpum Michx. – southern mountain cranberry

Wetland Indicator Status:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23593.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 11/23/2009 11:14 PM MST