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§1 Plant
Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton
vernacular black 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
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 272 counties across 16 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 272 counties across 16 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Caldwell 22021
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Lincoln 22061
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Alleghany 37005
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Buncombe 37021
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Davie 37059
- Durham 37063
- Gaston 37071
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Polk 37149
- Robeson 37155
- Rowan 37159
- Sampson 37163
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Wilkes 37193
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Williamsburg 45089
Tennessee view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Brunswick 51025
- Buckingham 51029
- Campbell 51031
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Franklin 51067
- Gloucester 51073
- Goochland 51075
- Greene 51079
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Louisa 51109
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Mathews 51115
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northumberland 51133
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Prince William 51153
- Richmond 51159
- Rockingham 51165
- Scott 51169
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VAFU ↗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:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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