1J155 



BIG WHORTLEBERRY 



Vacci'nium membrana'ceum, syn. V. macrophyl'lum 



Leaves alternate, short-stalked, egg- 

 shaped to oblong- or reverse-egg- 

 shaped, about 1 to IK (or 2) in. long, 

 thin, membranaceous, net-veined, only 

 slightly paler beneath than above, 

 finely saw-toothed on margins, turning 

 brilliant scarlet in fall 



Twigs greenish, somewhat angled; the 

 current year's shoots with about 5 

 uncrowded leaves 



Berries black, without bloom, about 

 % in. in diameter, flattened-globe- 

 shaped, erect-stalked 



Stems woody, erect, 1 to 5 ft. high; 

 branches widely spreading 



Flowers small (about X in. wide), 

 greenish white; united petals (corolla) 

 flattened-globe-shaped, 5-lobed; outer 

 united flower parts (calyx) entire, 

 persistent at tip of berry 



Big whortleberry is a fairly large shrub, ranging chiefly in the 

 mountains, from Alaska to the northern peninsula of Michigan, 

 northern Wyoming, Idaho, and northern California. Its local 



