Lowbush Blueberry Scientific Name: Vaccinium augustifolium
Description: A low, much branched shrub that forms clumps, spreading by underground stems. Leaves mostly narrow and always finely-toothed. Each tooth bristle-tipped.
Habitat: Tundras, bogs, and barrens.
Range: Newfoundland, Labrador, north Ontario, and Minnesota to Delaware, Maryland, west Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and northeast Iowa.
Type: Shrub Source:A Field Guide to Trees and Shrubs by George Petrides
Photograph: Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service from www.forestryimages.org. |
