Vaccinium crassifolium Andrews. Creeping Blueberry. Phen: Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Hab: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, upland sandhills over clay pans. Dist: This species is nearly endemic to the Carolinas, barely extending into immediately adjacent VA and GA.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Syn: = C, F, G, GW2, RAB, Va, Rayner & Henderson (1980), Uttal (1987); = Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium – K1, K3, K4; < Herpothamnus crassifolius – S; < Vaccinium crassifolium – FNA8, Luteyn et al (1996), Redpath et al (2022), Vander Kloet (1988)
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