Ericaceae FAMILY

Vaccinium angustifolium

Edibility

4/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vaccinium angustifolium is a deciduous shrub growing from a vigorous, rhizomatous rootstock. It forms dense, extensive colonies of shoots around 10 - 30cm tall[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 1050 Title Fire Effects Information System Publication Author Website http://www.feis-crs.org/feis/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line information site with comprehensive information on over 1,100 species of plant. Mainly developed to supply information on the effects of fire on plants and animals, it also contains a wealth of other information on the plants ]. This species is the most important commercial blueberry in the northeastern United States and Canada. It is grown commercially for its fruit in Ontario, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Maine, whilst a major portion of the crop is gathered from managed wild stands[ 1050 Title Fire Effects Information System Publication Author Website http://www.feis-crs.org/feis/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line information site with comprehensive information on over 1,100 species of plant. Mainly developed to supply information on the effects of fire on plants and animals, it also contains a wealth of other information on the plants ]. The plant also has a range of medicinal uses, can be used in soil reclamation projects and is grown as an ornamental in gardens, where it can be used as a ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeNorth-eastern N. America - Manitoba to Newfoundland, south to Iowa, Tennessee and N. Carolina

HabitatDry open barrens, peats and rocks[ 43 Title Gray's Manual of Botany.Eighth Edition Publication Author Fernald. M. L. Publisher American Book Co.; New York Year 1950 ISBN 0442222505 Description A bit dated but a good and concise flora of the eastern part of N. America. ]. Headlands, high moors, dry, sandy areas, peaty barrens, rocky outcroppings, pine barrens, oak parklands, regeneration forests, abandoned pastures and bogs; at elevations up to 1,900 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].