Page authors: Don Knoke, David Giblin
Vaccinium uliginosum
bog bilberry, bog blueberry
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Alaska to California, east to Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Montana, east across northern North America to the Atlantic.

Habitat: Bogs and fens from low elevation to subalpine.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Native

Growth Duration: Perennial

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bumblebees, bees

Description:
General:

Deciduous, branching shrub, the stems 2-6 dm. tall, not angled, the young bark yellowish-green, becoming reddish-gray with age.

Leaves:

Leaves alternate, entire, oblanceolate 1-3 cm. long, glabrous or finely puberulent.

Flowers:

Flowers 1-4 in the leaf axils, pink, 5-6 mm. long, the sepals deltoid, persistent, the corolla broadly urn-shaped; anthers with awns and terminal pore-bearing tubes; ovary inferior.

Fruits:

Fruit a blue berry, glaucous, 5-7 mm. broad.

Accepted Name:
Vaccinium uliginosum L.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 1: 350. 1753.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
Vaccinium gaultherioides Bigelow
Vaccinium occidentale A. Gray [HC]
Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. alpinum (Bigelow) Hultén
Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. microphyllum Lange
Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. occidentale (A. Gray) Hultén
Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. pedris (Harshberger) S.B. Young
Vaccinium uliginosum L. ssp. pubescens (Wormsk. ex Horneman) S.B. Young
Vaccinium uliginosum L. var. salicinum (Cham.) Hultén
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Vaccinium uliginosum in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Vaccinium uliginosum checklist entry

OregonFlora: Vaccinium uliginosum information

E-Flora BC: Vaccinium uliginosum atlas page

CalPhotos: Vaccinium uliginosum photos

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