Index / Search / Vaccinium corymbosum
§1 Plant
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
vernacular highbush blueberry — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vaccinium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 643 counties across 29 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- High
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- Low
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.7–7.5
- Root depth
- 16 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 12 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 12 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Dense
- Porosity (winter)
- Moderate
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Blue
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 975,000
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 643 counties across 29 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Barbour 01005
- Blount 01009
- Cherokee 01019
- Choctaw 01023
- Clarke 01025
- Clay 01027
- Cleburne 01029
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Cullman 01043
- DeKalb 01049
- Fayette 01057
- Hale 01065
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lauderdale 01077
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Perry 01105
- Shelby 01117
- St. Clair 01115
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Winston 01133
Arkansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Ben Hill 13017
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Camden 13039
- Candler 13043
- Catoosa 13047
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Cobb 13067
- Coffee 13069
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Dade 13083
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Dodge 13091
- Dougherty 13095
- Effingham 13103
- Elbert 13105
- Forsyth 13117
- Glynn 13127
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jeff Davis 13161
- Jefferson 13163
- Lanier 13173
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- Lumpkin 13187
- McDuffie 13189
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Oconee 13219
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Peach 13225
- Pierce 13229
- Putnam 13237
- Rabun 13241
- Screven 13251
- Talbot 13263
- Tattnall 13267
- Telfair 13271
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Troup 13285
- Union 13291
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- Walton 13297
- Ware 13299
- Washington 13303
- Wayne 13305
- Whitfield 13313
- Worth 13321
Illinois view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boyle 21021
- Caldwell 21033
- Campbell 21037
- Carter 21043
- Casey 21045
- Clark 21049
- Clinton 21053
- Cumberland 21057
- Edmonson 21061
- Elliott 21063
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Garrard 21079
- Harlan 21095
- Hopkins 21107
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Madison 21151
- McCreary 21147
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Russell 21207
- Scott 21209
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Clinton 26037
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Huron 26063
- Ingham 26065
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Lapeer 26087
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Macomb 26099
- Mason 26105
- Midland 26111
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Saginaw 26145
- Sanilac 26151
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 20 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Columbia 36021
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- New York 36061
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Caldwell 37027
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Dare 37055
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Watauga 37189
- Wayne 37191
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Columbiana 39029
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Geauga 39055
- Highland 39071
- Holmes 39075
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lorain 39093
- Mahoning 39099
- Medina 39103
- Portage 39133
- Richland 39139
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Trumbull 39155
- Vinton 39163
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Benton 47005
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Chester 47023
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- DeKalb 47041
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grainger 47057
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Lincoln 47103
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Monroe 47123
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Pickett 47137
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sullivan 47163
- Unicoi 47171
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
Texas view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Angelina 48005
- Bowie 48037
- Cass 48067
- Hardin 48199
- Harrison 48203
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Liberty 48291
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Polk 48373
- Red River 48387
- Sabine 48403
- San Augustine 48405
- San Jacinto 48407
- Titus 48449
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Walker 48471
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VACO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2882849 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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