PLANTS Profile for Vaccinium fuscatum (black highbush blueberry)

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Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton
black highbush blueberry

Symbol:

VAFU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton

Vaccinium atrococcum

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 702. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton

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Synonyms:
Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton

	CYAT5	Cyanococcus atrococcus (A. Gray) Small
	CYFU6	Cyanococcus fuscatus (Aiton) Small
	CYVI15	Cyanococcus virgatus sensu Small
	VAAR4	Vaccinium arkansanum Ashe
	VAAT	Vaccinium atrococcum (A. Gray) A. Heller
	VACOA3	Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. atrococcum A. Gray

Distribution:
Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton


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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT)

Related Taxa:
Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 43 species in Vaccinium

Classification:
Vaccinium fuscatum 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 fuscatum Aiton – black highbush blueberry

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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FAC+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

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Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23594.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 07:00 PM CDT