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Common Name:
Box Huckleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gaylussacia brachycera FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia brachycera FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Dry, acidic ridgetops and upper slopes, locally forming large clones, in the Coastal Plain in dry sandy soils
Rare in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Sparkleberry, Farkleberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium arboreum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium arboreum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium arboreum 145-19-001 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Rocky or sandy woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs, usually xeric and often fire-maintained, and unlike most other Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks
Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Common Deerberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Xeric to submesic woodlands, forests, and rock outcrops (unlike most Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks)
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Dwarf Deerberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. 1 FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pinelands
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Deerberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. 2 FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Xeric to submesic woodlands and forests, including pine-oak/heath and shrub balds
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Florida Deerberry, Whiteleaf Deerberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. caesium FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Xeric woodlands
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Deerberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. sericeum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum FAMILY: Ericaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. melanocarpum 145-19-002b FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Xeric woodlands
Uncommon (rare in NC) (rare in SC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mayberry, Elliott's Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium elliottii FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium elliottii FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium elliottii 145-19-003 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Bottomlands, slopes, sandy river terraces, natural levees
Common (rare in NC Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Northern Lowbush Blueberry, Sugarberry, Low Sweet Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium angustifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium angustifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Acidic forests and woodlands, cliffs and talus (especially sandstone and quartzite), usually at high elevations
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Southern Dwarf Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Narrowleaf Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium tenellum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium tenellum 145-19-004 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, Piedmont hardpan woodlands, other xeric woodlands
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare in GA Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rabbiteye Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, Rabbitberry, Smallflower Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium virgatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium virgatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium amoenum 145-19-005 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pocosins and Chamaecyparis swamps, also in various drier habitats, including turkey oak sandhills
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium pallidum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium pallidum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium vacillans 145-19-006 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Forested slopes, usually rather xeric
Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Woollyberry, Hairy Blueberry, Low-lowbush Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium hirsutum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium hirsutum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium hirsutum 145-19-007 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Mountain slopes and ridges, primarily in pine-oak and oak forests
Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare in GA)
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Velvetleaf Blueberry, Sourtop, Canada Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium myrtilloides FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium myrtilloides FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Acidic, high elevation slopes and cliffs
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium corymbosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium corymbosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, wet swamp forests, moist high elevation bogs, balds, and forests
Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: New Jersey Highbush Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium caesariense FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium caesariense FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Swamps, bogs, moist ground
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Highbush Blueberry, Swamp Highbush Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium formosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium formosum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, swamps (especially blackwater, or at least where away from strong alluvial influence), seepages, depression ponds (dolines), other moist ground
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Blue Ridge Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium altomontanum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium pallidum FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008? FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Grassy balds, heath balds, high elevation forests and woodlands
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Mountain Highbush Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium simulatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium simulatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium constablaei 145-19-009 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Forested slopes (northern hardwoods, spruce-fir forests), ridges, and shrub balds, at moderate and high elevations
Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium fuscatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium fuscatum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium atrococcum 145-19-010 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Bogs, pocosins, swamps, also in uplands
Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Southern Evergreen Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium myrsinites FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium myrsinites FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium myrsinites 145-19-011 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pine flatwoods
Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Darrow's Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium darrowii FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium darrowii FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pine flatwoods
Common in GA Coastal Plain
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Creeping Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium crassifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium crassifolium 145-19-012 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, upland sandhills over clay pans
Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Rayner's Blueberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium sempervirens FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills, longleaf pine woodlands over sandstone and gravel outcrops
Rare (endemic to Lexington Co, SC)
Native to South Carolina
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Common Name:
Bearberry, Highbush Cranberry, Mountain Cranberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium erythrocarpum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium erythrocarpum FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium erythrocarpum 145-19-013 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Rocky ridges, shrub or grassy balds, bogs, spruce-fir forests, usually at high elevations
Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name:
Cranberry, Large Cranberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium macrocarpon FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium macrocarpon FAMILY: Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium macrocarpon 145-19-014 FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Mountain bogs, low pocosins with deep peat, interdunal swales
Rare
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Small Cranberry
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium oxycoccos FAMILY: Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium oxycoccos FAMILY: Ericaceae
Habitat: Bogs
Native (circumboreal, south in North America to WV)
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