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{{Taxobox
{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Ericaceae
| name = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
|genus=Vaccinium
| image = Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
|species=crassifolium
| image_width = 245px
|common_name=Creeping blueberry
| image_caption = A plant at the US Botanical Garden
|habit=shrub
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
|Max ht box=15
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|Max ht metric=ft
| ordo = [[Ericales]]
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
|Max wd box=3
| genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]''
|Max wd metric=ft
| species = '''''V. crassifolium'''''
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| binomial = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
|origin=SE USA
| binomial_authority = Andr.
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=part-sun
|water=moist
|features=evergreen
|Temp Metric=°F
|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.
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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]].''
==Cultivation==
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==Cultivars==
Several [[cultivar]]s are available for planting as a [[Groundcover|ground cover]].<ref>{{cite book|isbn=0-88192-557-8|author=MacKenzie, David, S.|title=Perennial Ground Covers|page=309}}</ref>
==References==
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==References==
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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