PLANTS Profile for Vaccinium myrtilloides (velvetleaf huckleberry)

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Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.
velvetleaf huckleberry

Symbol:

VAMY

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

Vaccinium canadense

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 701. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

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Synonyms:
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

	CYCA16	Cyanococcus canadensis (Kalm ex A. Rich.) Rydb.
	VAANM	Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. myrtilloides (Michx.) House
	VACA9	Vaccinium canadense Kalm ex A. Rich.

Distribution:
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (CT, IA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 43 species in Vaccinium

Classification:
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae – Heath family
Genus	Vaccinium L. – blueberry
Species	Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. – velvetleaf huckleberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
velvetleaf blueberry		Special Concern
Indiana:
velvetleaf blueberry		Endangered
Iowa:
velvetleaf blueberry		Threatened
Ohio:
velvet-leaf blueberry		Threatened
Washington:
velvet-leaf blueberry		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW-

FAC

FACW-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23604.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 12:26 AM MDT