Vaccinium sieboldii

Botanical Description

Vaccinium sieboldii is an erect, deciduous shrub that can grow 100 - 200cm tall[ 58 Title Flora of Japan. (English translation) Publication Author Ohwi. G. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Year 1965 ISBN - Description The standard work. Brilliant, but not for the casual reader. , 275 Title Flora of Japan Publication Author Website http://www.foj.info Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora - an excellent resource. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food. This species is listed as endangered in Japan. It has a very limited range, 65 km wide, in central Japan. Many plants are thought to have been lost because of habitat destruction in the past 50 years. Loss of pine forests from pine-wilt disease is thought to be a major threat to this species[ 1132 Title Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of the endangered species Vaccinium sieboldii and Vaccinium ciliatu Publication Plant Systematics and Evolution 2010 Vol.287 No.1/2 pp.75-84 Author Hirai, M.; Yoshimura, S.; Ohsako, T.; Kubo, N. Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ].