KEY TO HUCKLEBEIlRtES, BLUEBERRIES, ETC. LM.-) 



KEY TO HUCKLEBEKRIES, BLUEBERRIES 

 ETC. 



* Berries 10-seeded, Gaylussacias. (A.) 

 A. Leaves sprinkled with waxy dots, entire, deciduous. (B ) 

 B. Leaves pale and glaucous beneath; fruit blue, with bloom 

 Erect (2-4 feet high). Blue Tano.e or Danglebekh; 

 — Cxaylussacia frondosa. 

 B. Leaves green both sides ; shrubs under .3 feet (C ) 



C. Bracts small, i inch, among the flowers 'and fruit- fruit 

 sweet but seedy. Black Huckleberry (403) _ Gavlus 

 sacia baccata (G. resin osa). 

 C. Bracts leafy and longer than the flower-stems; fruit watery 

 duLsf^'"^' DwARP Huckleberry (404) - Gaylussacia 

 A. Leaves thick, evergreen, serrate with the edges somewhat rolled 

 b«r^ '' ''-' "^"- -^—RRY- Gaylussacia 

 * Berries many-seeded — Vacciniums. (D ) 

 D. Flowers tubular or urn-shaped, not open-bell-shaped. (E ) 

 E. Flowers and fruit solitary or in small clusters of 2-4 (F ) 

 F. Shrubs under 2 feet high ; leaves under 1 inch long. (G ) 



MoTr ''^""' ''^''''''' ^^"^"^^^- ^«^^^ «r Boo Bilberry 

 (405) — Vaccinium uliginosum 



G. Leaves minutely, notched, green and shining both sides. 

 Dwarf Bilberry _ Vaccinium cajspitosum. 

 F. Shrubs 2-15 feet high ; leaves 1-3 inches long. (H ) 



H. Leaves about entire, pale beneath. Oval-leaved Bil- 

 berry — Vaccinium ovalifolium. 

 H. Leaves minutely notched, green both sides. Thin-leaved 

 Bilberry -Vaccinium membran^ceum (V. myrtilloides^ 

 E. Flowers and fruit in larger clusters (I) yrmioiaes). 



'■ f^eT'^Jo""^"''''' ' '' ' ''""'' "' '""^ ^' ^'^'- Tall, 3-15 

 J. Flowers appearing before the leaves. Southerx Bl.ck 



Huckleberry —Vaccinium virgatum 

 J. Flowers at the time of leaf-expansion. High-bush or 

 Swamp Blueberry -Vaccinium corymb6sum 

 I. F^wers.less elongated - not over 2 times as long as wide. 



K. Shrubs 3-15 feet high; leaves densely hairy beneath. 

 tJLACK High Blueberry- Vaccinium atroc6ccum (V 

 corymbosum). . ^ ' 



