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| name = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
 
| name = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
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| common_names = Creeping blueberry
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| origin = SE USA
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| lifespan = perennial
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| color = IndianRed
 
| image = Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
 
| image = Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
 
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| image_caption = A plant at the US Botanical Garden
 
| image_caption = A plant at the US Botanical Garden
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| ordo = [[Ericales]]
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| ordo = Ericales
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| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
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| familia = Ericaceae
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| genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]''
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| genus = Vaccinium
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| species = '''''V. crassifolium'''''
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| species = crassifolium
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| binomial = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
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'''Creeping blueberry''' ('''''Vaccinium crassifolium''''') is an [[evergreen]] with shiny dark green to bronze [[Leaf|leaves]].  Can be used as groundcover.
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'''Creeping blueberry''' ('''''Vaccinium crassifolium''''') is a species of ''[[Vaccinium]]'' native to the southeastern [[United States]].  It is [[evergreen]] with shiny dark green to bronze [[Leaf|leaves]].  Several [[cultivar]]s are available for planting as a [[Groundcover|ground cover]] in landscaping.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=0-88192-557-8|author=MacKenzie, David, S.|title=Perennial Ground Covers|page=309}}</ref>
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:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Vaccinium|genus page]].''
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==Medicinal Usage==
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The leaves have [[Herbalism|medicinal]] properties similar to [[Bearberry]] (Uva-ursi).<ref>[http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/sayre/vaccinium.html 416. VACCINIUM CRASSIFOLIUM], A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M., 1917.</ref>
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===Propagation===
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==Cultivars==
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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>
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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://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VACR Creeping Blueberry],
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==External links==
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USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, consulted [[2006-12-18]]). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
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Kirkman, W. B. & J. R. Ballington.  1990. Creeping blueberries (Ericaceae: ''Vaccinium'' sect. ''Herpothamnus'') - a new look at ''Vaccinium crassifolium'' including ''V. sempervirens''. [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/stdlit.pl?Syst%20Bot Syst. Bot.] 15:693.
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