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{{SPlantbox
| name = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
|familia=Ericaceae
| common_names = Creeping blueberry
|genus=Vaccinium
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=crassifolium
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|common_name=Creeping blueberry
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|habit=shrub
| origin = SE USA
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=15
| lifespan = perennial
|Max ht metric=ft
| exposure = <!--- sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
|Max wd box=3
| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Max wd metric=ft
| hardiness = <!--- frost sensitive, hardy, 5[[Celsius|°C]], etc -->
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| bloom = <!--- seasons which the plant blooms, if it is grown for its flowers -->
|origin=SE USA
| usda_zones = <!--- eg. 8-11 -->
|lifespan=perennial
| sunset_zones = <!--- eg. 8, 9, 12-24, not available -->
|exposure=part-sun
|water=moist
| image = Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
|features=evergreen
| image_width = 245px
|Temp Metric=°F
| image_caption = A plant at the US Botanical Garden
|min_zone=7
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10.5
|image=Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=A plant at the US Botanical Garden
}}
}}
'''Creeping blueberry''' ('''''Vaccinium crassifolium''''') is an [[evergreen]] with shiny dark green to bronze [[Leaf|leaves]]. Can be used as groundcover.
'''Creeping blueberry''' ('''''Vaccinium crassifolium''''') is an [[evergreen]] with shiny dark green to bronze [[Leaf|leaves]]. Can be used as groundcover.
{{Inc|
Vaccinium crassifolium, Andr. Slender trailing shrub: sts. 2-3 ft. long: twigs pubescent: lvs. small, 1/4 – 1/2 in. long, leathery and shining, oval to narrowly oblong or ovate or obovate, obtuse, sparsely serrulate or entire: fls. few, almost sessile, in small axillary clusters; corolla globose-campanulate, small (1/8 in. long), rose-red, rarely whitish: berries black. Sandy moist pine lands, N. C. to Ga. B.M. 1152—"Useful for the shrubbery border South."
}}
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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