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| name = Lowbush Blueberry
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| image = Vaccinium angustifolium, Pancake Bay PP.jpg
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|species=angustifolium
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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|common_name=Lowbush Blueberry
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Ericales]]
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| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
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| genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]''
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| species = '''''V. angustifolium'''''
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|origin=E&C Canada, NE USA
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| binomial = ''Vaccinium angustifolium''
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| binomial_authority = [[William Aiton|Aiton]]
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Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, Lam. Low Blueberry. Fig. 3893. A dwarf shrub, 6-15 in. high: branchlets glabrous or hairy northward: lvs. membranous, oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, acute, distinctly serrulate with bristly pointed teeth, shining and green on both sides but often hairy on the midrib beneath: fls. on short pedicels: corolla short-cylindraceous, greenish white: berries large, bluish black with a bloom, sweet, the earliest to ripen in the North. E. N. Amer. B.M. 3434. Em. 2:456. Rep. Me. Exp. Sta. 1898:171. Var. angustifolium, Gray. A dwarf form with more decidedly lanceolate lvs. Newfoundland, mountains of New England and northward. Var. nigrum, Wood (V. nigrum, Brit.). Foliage very glaucous: berries black, without bloom. Usually found in colonies in the same situations as the typical form and occasionally the two are found intermingled. Rep. Me. Exp. Sta. 1898: 171. The fls. are said to appear earlier than those of V. pennsylvanicum.—"This species is extremely variable in size and shape of fr. and fls., but, with the exception of the varieties noted, the variations do not appear sufficiently constant to warrant making separations. In general the plant is of low, semi-prostrate habit, is extremely prolific, and thrives well on dry sandy hills. It furnishes the bulk of the blueberries found in the eastern markets. When mown down or burned, the new erect shoots produce, the following year, a long spike-like mass of bloom and fruit, which may be stripped off by the handfuls. Because of its character and early ripening habit, it is known on the blueberry plains as 'Early Sweet’ or 'Low Sweet.' "
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'''Lowbush Blueberry''' (''Vaccinium angustifolium'') is a fire-tolerant species of [[blueberry]].
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Low spreading [[deciduous]] [[shrub]].
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
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==Cultivation==
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'''Lowbush Blueberry''' (''Vaccinium angustifolium'') is a species of [[blueberry]] native to eastern and central [[Canada]] and the [[Northeastern United States|northeastern]] [[United States]], growing as far south as [[West Virginia]] and west to [[Minnesota]] and [[Manitoba]].
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===Propagation===
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It is a low spreading [[deciduous]] [[shrub]] growing to 60 cm tall, though usually 35 cm tall or less.
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===Pests and diseases===
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The [[leaf|leaves]] are glossy blue-green in summer, turning purple in the fall. The leaf shape is broad to elyptic. Buds are brownish red in stem axels. The [[flower]]s are white, bell-shaped, 5 mm long.
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==Cultivars==
  
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The [[fruit]] is a small sweet dark blue to black berry. This plant grows best in wooded or open areas with well-drained acidic soils. In some areas it produces natural blueberry barrens, where it is practically the only species covering large areas.
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This plant is fire-tolerant and its numbers often increase in an area following a forest fire.
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This native plant is also grown commercially in Canada and [[Maine]], mainly harvested from managed wild patches. It is also a favorite of recreational berry pickers, [[American Black Bear|black bear]]s, rodents and birds. The Lowbush Blueberry is the state fruit of Maine.
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==References==
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
  
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?40981 USDA GRIN profile]
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Latest revision as of 17:07, 13 October 2009


Vaccinium angustifolium, Pancake Bay PP.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 35 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35. to 60 cm"cm" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ E&C Canada, NE USA
Cultivation
Features: ✓ edible
Scientific Names

Ericaceae >

Vaccinium >

angustifolium >



Read about Vaccinium angustifolium in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Vaccinium pennsylvanicum, Lam. Low Blueberry. Fig. 3893. A dwarf shrub, 6-15 in. high: branchlets glabrous or hairy northward: lvs. membranous, oblong-lanceolate or elliptical, acute, distinctly serrulate with bristly pointed teeth, shining and green on both sides but often hairy on the midrib beneath: fls. on short pedicels: corolla short-cylindraceous, greenish white: berries large, bluish black with a bloom, sweet, the earliest to ripen in the North. E. N. Amer. B.M. 3434. Em. 2:456. Rep. Me. Exp. Sta. 1898:171. Var. angustifolium, Gray. A dwarf form with more decidedly lanceolate lvs. Newfoundland, mountains of New England and northward. Var. nigrum, Wood (V. nigrum, Brit.). Foliage very glaucous: berries black, without bloom. Usually found in colonies in the same situations as the typical form and occasionally the two are found intermingled. Rep. Me. Exp. Sta. 1898: 171. The fls. are said to appear earlier than those of V. pennsylvanicum.—"This species is extremely variable in size and shape of fr. and fls., but, with the exception of the varieties noted, the variations do not appear sufficiently constant to warrant making separations. In general the plant is of low, semi-prostrate habit, is extremely prolific, and thrives well on dry sandy hills. It furnishes the bulk of the blueberries found in the eastern markets. When mown down or burned, the new erect shoots produce, the following year, a long spike-like mass of bloom and fruit, which may be stripped off by the handfuls. Because of its character and early ripening habit, it is known on the blueberry plains as 'Early Sweet’ or 'Low Sweet.' "


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Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) is a fire-tolerant species of blueberry.

Low spreading deciduous shrub.


More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

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