Plants Profile for Vaccinium cespitosum (dwarf bilberry)

General Information
Symbol:	VACE
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Ericaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub Subshrub
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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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: 699. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name	Other Common Names
VAAR2	Vaccinium arbuscula (A. Gray) Merriam
VACAA2	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. var. arbuscula A. Gray, orth. var.
VACAC3	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. var. caespitosum Michx., orth. var.	dwarf bilberry
VACAP3	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. var. paludicola (Camp) Hultén, orth. var.	dwarf bilberry
VACA13	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx., orth. var.
VACEA	Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. var. arbuscula A. Gray
VACEC	Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. var. cespitosum
VACEP	Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. var. paludicola (Camp) Hultén
VANI3	Vaccinium nivictum Camp

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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 cespitosum Michx. – dwarf bilberry

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
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.
Michigan dwarf bilberry Threatened
New York dwarf blueberry Endangered
Wisconsin dwarf huckleberry Endangered

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Synonyms

VACA13 Vaccinium caespitosum Michx., orth. var.

North America
Alaska	FACW
Arid West	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	FAC