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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Vaccinium corymbosum
Phenology Observation Sheet for Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

COMMON NAME

Northern highbush blueberry

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Vaccinium corymbosum

Plant family

Heath (Ericaceae)

Plant group

Deciduous Trees and Shrubs

Highbush blueberry is a deciduous shrub growing up to 6-12' tall and just as wide, with several stems growing erect from the base.
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Identification hints

Branches are twiggy and often give the shrub a rounded outline.
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Highbush blueberry is a valuable commercial blueberry species. Many cultivars have been developed from it including "Duke", "Bluecrop, and "Aurora".
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alabama , Arkansas , Connecticut , District of Columbia , Delaware , Georgia , Illinois , Indiana , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Mississippi , North Carolina , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Vermont , Washington , Wisconsin , West Virginia
HABITAT
Usually growing in wetlands such as swamps or bogs, but occasionally found in non wetland habitats such as oak woodlands.
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
Leaves are about 3" long by 1" wide and oval-shaped, growing with just one leaf per node (alternate). Leaves are bluish green in summer, turning red to purple in the fall.
Flowers
White bell-shaped flowers are borne in loose drooping clusters, and flowers typically appear before the leaves.
Fruits
Fruit is a fleshy blue berry, the same as the commonly cultivated blueberry.
Bark
Bark of older stems appears peeling off. Young twigs are often red or green.
Bloom Time
Blooming May to June.

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