660 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 
Vaccinium vacillans Kalm; Torr. Fl. N.Y. 1:444. 1843. Low BLUEBERRY. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 313. Chap. Fl. Suppl. 633; ed. 3, 283. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, 
pt. 1:22. 
Carolinian area. Ontario, southern New England, west to Michigan to Ohio Val- 
ley, Missouri, and along the mountains to North Carolina. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Woodlands, open copses and in rocky or sandy soil, 
Cullman County, 800 feet altitude. Lee County, Auburn (Baker § Earle). Flowers 
greenish yellow, calyx tipped with red. April; fruit ripe in August. Low, 6 to 8 
inches high. Not rare. 
Economic uses: The fruit is edible. , : ' 
Type locality: ‘‘Dry hills and open woods,common. Middle States.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Vaccinium corymbosum L. Sp. Pl. 1:350. 1753. COMMON BLUEBERRY. 
Vaccinium disomorphum Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 231. 1803. : 
Ell. Sk.1:498. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 313. Chap. F1].260,in part. Gray, Syn. FLN. A, 
2, pt. 1:22. . ; 
Canadian zone to Louisianian area. Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario; New Eng- 
land west to Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas; south along the mountains to 
Georgia, west to Louisiana. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Copses and open woods. Clay County, Che-aw-ha 
Mountain, near the watertall and Pulpit Rock, 2,200 feet. Cullman County, 850 feet. 
Winston County, 1,200 feet. Lee County, Auburn (Baker §: Earle). Flowers in April; 
fruit matures in September, not seen. Local and infrequent. 
Economic uses: The fruit is the common blueberry. 
Type locality: ‘‘Hab.in America septentrionali. Kalm.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Vaccinium corymbosum amoenum (Ait.) Gray, Syn. F1.N.A.2, pt.1:23. 1878. 
Vaccinium amoenum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:12. 1789. ; 
Near to type; a lower shrub; flowers in dense clusters on naked branches, reddish, 
appearing with the leaves; leaves while young pubescent, lanceolate, later broadly 
ovate to ovate-lanceolate. serrate-ciliate, the teeth appressed, pubescent on the mid- 
rib, glabrous, shining, green on both sides. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6, 313. 
Carolinian and Louisianian areas. Along the coast from New Jersey to Florida. 
ALABAMA: Lower Pine region. Coast plain. Shaded banks in damp soil. Mobile 
County, Mount Vernon, near David’s Lake; Three-mile Creek. Flowers April 10; 
fruit matures in June. Not common. 
Type locality: ‘‘ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
Vaccinium fuscatum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:11. 1789. Fuscous BLUEBERRY. 
Vaccinium corymbosum fuscatum Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt.1:23. 1878. 
Ell. 8k.1:499. Gray, le. 
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi and Arkansas. 
ALABAMA: Central Prairie region to Coast Plain. Shaded dry sandy banks of - 
streams and near swamps. Autauga County, Prattville. Baldwin County, live oak 
hammock near Zundels. Flowers in March; fruit not seen. 
Shrub, with straggling branches, 2 to 4 feet high, the branches fuscous-pubescent; 
leaves distichous, with a fuscous pubescence beneath. Identical with the species 
in the Gray Herbarium marked ‘‘ Mobile, 1839.” 
Type locality: ‘‘ Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. © 
Vaccinium pallidum Ait. Hort. Kew. 2:10. 1789. MOUNTAIN BLUEBERRY. 
Faccinium corymbosum pallidum Gray, Man. ed. 5, 292. 1867. 
V. constablaet Gray, Am. Journ. Sci. 13:42. 1841. 
Gray, Man. ed. 6,313. Chap. Fl. 260. Gray, Syn. F1.N. A. 2, pt. 1: 23. 
Alleghenian and Carolinian areas. West Virginia to North Carolina, along the 
higher ranges of the Alleghenies. 
ALABAMA: Mountain region. Dekalb County, summit of Lookout Mountain, 2,000 
feet. Cullman County, highest ridges 1,000 feet. 
Type locality: ‘‘Native of North America.” 
Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 
