Louisiana Plant ID | Vaccinium darrowii (evergreen blueberry)

FAMILY: ERICACEAE

ALTERNATE COMMON NAME: Darrow's evergreen blueberry

LEAVES: alternate, simple, evergreen; small leaves, variably colored; margins thickened, revolute margins

FLOWER: small, white, waxy, bell-shaped; early spring

FRUIT: blueberry, 4-6 mm diameter

TWIGS:

BARK: smooth to shreddy

FORM: small, 1 foot tall

HABITAT: pinelands

WETLAND DESIGNATION: Facultative Upland (FACU): Usually occurs in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast Plain Region

RANGE: Georgia to Texas

USES: mammals and birds eat fruit; moderate quality deer browse

Best Recognition Features:

evergreen
small shrub
fruits in late spring

NOTE: Foote & Jones (see the sources page for complete reference) places this species and four others all into highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum); this species complex consists of diploids, tetraploids, and hexaploids, with no firm differences.

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