Vaccinium corymbosum Linnaeus. Smooth Highbush Blueberry. Phen: May; Aug. Hab: Bogs, wet swamp forests, moist high elevation bogs, balds, and forests. Dist: NS west to MI, south to WV, OH, and IN, south in the Appalachians (and rarely on Piedmont monadnocks) to w. NC, nw. SC, n. GA, and e. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Syn: = Il, K1, K3, K4, NE, Va, Camp (1945), Uttal (1987); = Cyanococcus corymbosus (L.) Rydb. – S; < Vaccinium constablaei A.Gray – G, Camp (1945); < Vaccinium corymbosum L. – C, FNA8, G, NY, Pa, RAB, Tn, W, Luteyn et al (1996), Redpath et al (2022), Vander Kloet (1988); > Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. albiflorum (Hook.) Fernald – F; > Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. corymbosum – F, Mi, WV; > Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. glabrum Gray – F, WV
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