Vaccinium corymbosum
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Photo Courtesy Renee Brecht |
Britton & Brown |
| Botanical name: | Vaccinium corymbosum |
| Common name: | high bush blueberry |
| Group: | dicot |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Growth type: | shrub |
| Duration: | perennial |
| Origin: | native |
| Plant height: | 4 - 10' |
| Foliage: | alternate leaves, simple, elliptical shape; dark green above, lighter underneath, glands on the underside |
| Flower: | 3/8" long, white, sometimes tinged with pale pink |
| Flowering time: | May to June; fruits early July to August |
| Habitat: | woods, thickets, bogs; acidic soils |
| Range in New Jersey: | statewide |
| Heritage ranking, if any: | n/a |
| Distribution: |  |
| 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. |