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| Britton and Brown. vol 2 p 700 |
| Botanical name: |
Vaccinium pallidum Aiton |
| Synonomy: |
Vaccinium vacillans |
| Common
name: |
early low bush blueberry |
| Group: |
dicot |
| Family: |
Ericaceae |
| Growth
Type: |
shrub |
| Duration: |
perennial |
| Origin: |
native |
| Plant
height: |
6"-36" |
| Foliage: |
alternate leaves, simple, finely toothed, elliptic, leaves much paler on the undersides, glands on the underside |
| Flower
color: |
greenish- pink, bell-shaped, solitary or in small clusters |
| Flower
size: |
1/4" long |
| Flowering/fruiting time |
March to May, with sweet edible bluish black fruit in mid- to late- summer |
| Habitat: |
dry open acidic soils |
| Range
in
New Jersey: |
throughout most of the state |
| Heritage ranking if any: |
n/a |
| Distribution: |
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| Misc.: |
Most cultivated blueberries are hybridized from this plant. For more information on the cultivation of blueberries, visit Whitesbog.org, where blueberries were first cultivated. Whitesbog Village is located in Ocean County, NJ.
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Sources
**USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 700. |
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