Vaccinium fuscatum Ait.
Detail
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Botanical Name
- Vaccinium fuscatum Ait.
- Common Name
- Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry
- Synonym(s)
- Vaccinium atrococcum (Gray) Heller
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Vaccinium fuscatum Ait.
- Comments
- This species hybridizes extensively with Vaccinium formosum in the eastern part of the state, forming Vaccinium ×marianum S. Wats. (pro sp.). See Map and Comments for that taxon, and Comments under V. corymbosum.
- Habitat
- Acidic alluvial swamps, nonriverine swamps, wet flatwoods, seepage swamps, bogs, fens, depression ponds, tidal and maritime swamps; less commonly in mesic to dry, acidic upland forests. Common in the Coastal Plain; frequent in the Piedmont; infrequent to rare in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Native
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