NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 
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Vaccinium canadense Kalm. Canada blueberry. 
Range : 22, 23, 24, 26, 27. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry, available July-September. 
A small, much-branclied shrub ; flowers May-June. 
Stomach records: Ruffed grouse, sharp-tailed grouse. Of mediocre forage 
value for livestock. 
Vaccinium eorymbosum L. Highbush blueberry. 
V. amoenum Ait., Cyanococcus amoenus (Ait.) Small, C. corymhosus (L.) 
Rydb. 
Range : 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29. 
Site: Dry (rare), well-drained (rare), moist, sun, shade. 
Fruit: Berry, available June-August. 
A small to large shrub ; flowers May-June ; suckers freely and transplants 
well; fruit of value commercially. 
Var. pallidum (Ait.) Gray, (V. pallidum Ait., Cyanococcus pallidus (Ait.) 
Small), has superior fruit. 
Observations: Mourning dove, ruffed grouse, ring-necked pheasant; cottontail 
rabbit. 
Vaccinium crassifolium Andr, Creeping blueberry. 
Herpothamnus crassifolius (Andr.) Small. 
Range: 29, 80. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small evergreen shrub ; possibly maintains itself mainly by vegetative 
reproduction. 
Vaccinium deliciosum Piper. 
Range: 1, 4. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry. 
A small shrub. 
Vaccinium dobbinii, see Vaccinium angustifolium. 
Vaccinium dumosum, see Gaylussacia dumosa. 
Vaccinium elliotti Chapm. Elliott blueberry 
Cyanococcus elliottii (Chapm.) Small. 
Range: 28, 29, 30. 
Site: Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Berry, available May-June. 
A small to large shrub; flowers March-May. 
Vaccinium erythrocarpum, see Hugeria erythrocarpa. 
Vaccinium erythrococcum, see Vaccinium scoparium. 
Vaccinium frondosum, see Gaylussacia frondosa. 
Vaccinium globulare, see Vaccinium memhranaceum. 
Vaccinium hirsutum Buckl. Hairy huckleberry. 
Cyanococcus hirsutus (Buckl.) Small. 
Range: 27. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Berry, available in August. 
A small shrub ; flowers May-June ; fruit hairy. 
Vaccinium hispidulum, see Chiogenes hispidula. 
Vaccinium humifusum, see Gaultheria humifusa. 
Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. Cranberry. 
Oxy coccus macrocarpus (Ait.) Pursh. 
Range: 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 27. 
Site : Well-drained, moist, sun. 
Fruit : Berry, available August-March. 
A creeping, evergreen, mat-forming vine ; flowers June-August ; this species 
includes varieties furnishing the commercial cranberry ; 500 berries per pound, 
about 25 seeds per berry. 
Stomach records: Six species of birds, including ruffed grouse. 
Observations: Crow, mourning dove, bobwhite, prairie sharp-tailed grouse. 
