Vaccinium ERICACEAE Vaccinium 



Piedmont: near Centre ville (NC), Commons in 1878 (A). May, 

 early June. 



V. neglectum (Small) Fern. 



Common in dry sandy woods of the Coastal Plain. May. 



V. angustifolium Ait. ( V. pennsylvanicum Lam.) Low Sweet 

 Blueberry. 



Infrequent, in rocky or sandy woods of New Castle County, 

 n. late April, mid-May; Frt. late June, July. 



V. vacillans Kalm. Low Blueberry. 



Common in rocky woods and dry sandy soil in the two northern 

 counties; less frequent southward to Sussex and Talbot Counties; 

 rare south of the Maryland- Virginia line: 3 mi. s. of Accomac, 

 Fosberg, 14613, 18 April 1938 (P); s. of Kiptopeke (No), Fosherg, 

 14632, 18 April 1938 (P). Fl. May; Frt. late June, July. 



Var. crinitum Fern. See Rhodora 13, 236. 1911. 



Rare: 2 mi. s. e. of North East (Ce), Long, 54396, 30 May 

 1940 (A). 



V. corymbosum L. High Blueberry. 



Common throughout, in low woods and dry open places. Fl. 

 mid- April, mid-May; Frt. July, Aug. • /, t^fr; 



V. atrococcum (Gray) Heller. Black Blueberry. 



Frequent in moist thickets and low woods. Piedmont, and 

 southward on the Coastal Plain to Worcester and Somerset Coun- 

 ties. Fl. late April, mid-May; Frt. July. 



f^ V. caesariense Mack. New Jersey Blueberry. 



One known station: pine barrens 2 mi. n. e. of Charlestown 

 (Ce), F. J. Hermann, 3407, 7 July 1932 (A). 



V. macrocarpon Ait. Large Cranberry. 



Infrequent in swamps, brackish meadows, and ponds in pine 

 woods of the Coastal Plain, near Wilmington, along the seashore in 

 Sussex County, and probably elsewhere. Fl. mid-June to mid- 

 July; Frt. late Aug., Sept. -w^^ ,^\ i 



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