PLANTS Profile for Vaccinium uliginosum (bog blueberry)

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Vaccinium uliginosum L.
bog blueberry

Symbol:

VAUL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, NH, Mount Washington. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Vaccinium uliginosum L.

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Synonyms:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.

	VAOC	Vaccinium occidentale A. Gray
	VAULA	Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. alpinum (Bigelow) Hultén
	VAULG	Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. gaultherioides (Bigelow) S.B. Young
	VAULM	Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. microphyllum Lange
	VAULO	Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. occidentale (A. Gray) Hultén
	VAULP	Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. pedris (HarshA. Berger) S.B. Young
	VAULP2	Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. pubescens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S.B. Young
	VAULA2	Vaccinium uliginosum L. var. alpinum Bigelow
	VAULO2	Vaccinium uliginosum L. var. occidentale (A. Gray) H. Hara
	VAULS	Vaccinium uliginosum L. var. salicinum (Cham.) Hultén

Distribution:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.


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USA (AK, CA, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NV, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 43 species in Vaccinium

Classification:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.

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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 uliginosum L. – bog blueberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.

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.

Michigan:
alpine blueberry		Threatened
Minnesota:
alpine bilberry		Threatened
New York:
bog bilberry		Rare

Wetland Indicator Status:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU+,FACW+

FACU+

FAC*

FACW+

FAC

Vaccinium occidentale:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC+,FACW

FACW

FAC+

FACW-

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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 23574.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 10:20 PM MDT