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| name = ''Vaccinium angustifolium''
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| name = Lowbush Blueberry
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| common_names = Lowbush Blueberry
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| growth_habit = shrub
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| high = 35-60cm
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| wide =    <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
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| origin = E&C Canada, NE USA
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| lifespan = perennial
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| features = fruit, fire-tolerance
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Vaccinium angustifolium, Pancake Bay PP.jpg
 
| image = Vaccinium angustifolium, Pancake Bay PP.jpg
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| regnum = Plantae
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| ordo = [[Ericales]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]''
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| ordo = Ericales
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| species = '''''V. angustifolium'''''
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| familia = Ericaceae
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| binomial = ''Vaccinium angustifolium''
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| genus = Vaccinium
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| binomial_authority = [[William Aiton|Aiton]]
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| species = angustifolium
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'''Lowbush Blueberry''' (''Vaccinium angustifolium'') is a fire-tolerant species of [[blueberry]].
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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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Low spreading [[deciduous]] [[shrub].
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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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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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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
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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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===Propagation===
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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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== External links ==
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==Cultivars==
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*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?40981 USDA GRIN profile]
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[[Category:Ericaceae]]
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==Gallery==
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[[Category:Flora of Canada|Blueberry, Lowbush]]
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[[Category:Flora of the United States]]
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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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==External links==
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*{{wplink}}
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