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{{Taxobox
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{{SPlantbox
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| color = lightgreen
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|familia=Ericaceae
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| name = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
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|genus=Vaccinium
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| image = Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
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|species=crassifolium
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| image_width = 245px
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|common_name=Creeping blueberry
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| image_caption = A plant at the US Botanical Garden
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|habit=shrub
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|Max ht box=15
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
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|Max ht metric=ft
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| ordo = [[Ericales]]
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|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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| familia = [[Ericaceae]]
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|Max wd box=3
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| genus = ''[[Vaccinium]]''
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|Max wd metric=ft
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| species = '''''V. crassifolium'''''
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|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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| binomial = ''Vaccinium crassifolium''
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|origin=SE USA
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| binomial_authority = Andr.
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|lifespan=perennial
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|exposure=part-sun
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|water=moist
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|features=evergreen
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|Temp Metric=°F
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|min_zone=7
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|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|max_zone=10.5
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|image=Vaccinium_crassifolium.jpg
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|image_width=240
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|image_caption=A plant at the US Botanical Garden
 
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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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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."
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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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==Medicinal Usage==
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===Pests and diseases===
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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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==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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==Gallery==
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[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=VACR Creeping Blueberry],
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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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==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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