PLANTS Profile for Vaccinium cespitosum (dwarf bilberry)

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PLANTS Profile

Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.
dwarf bilberry

Symbol:

VACE

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Ericaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 699. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Synonym Information:

VACA13: Characteristics

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Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.

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Synonyms:
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.

VAAR2	Vaccinium arbuscula (A. Gray) Merriam
VACA13	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx., orth. var.	dwarf bilberry
VACAA2	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. var. arbuscula A. Gray, orth. var.
VACAC3	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. var. caespitosum Michx., orth. var.	dwarf bilberry
VACAP3	Vaccinium caespitosum Michx. var. paludicola (Camp) Hultén, orth. var.	dwarf bilberry
VACEA	Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. var. arbuscula A. Gray
VACEC	Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. var. cespitosum
VACEP	Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. var. paludicola (Camp) Hultén
VANI3	Vaccinium nivictum Camp

Distribution:
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NM, NV, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.

View 35 genera in Ericaceae, 43 species in Vaccinium

Classification:
Vaccinium cespitosum 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 cespitosum Michx. – dwarf bilberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Vaccinium cespitosum 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.

Michigan:
dwarf bilberry		Threatened
New York:
dwarf blueberry		Endangered
Wisconsin:
dwarf huckleberry		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.

Vaccinium caespitosum:

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

FACW

FACU*

FAC

FACU

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23587.

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

Time Generated: 10/04/2008 12:10 AM MDT