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§1 Plant
Vaccinium myrtillus L.
vernacular whortleberry — species · Ericaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Ericaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Vaccinium
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 72 counties across 10 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 72 counties across 10 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/VAMY2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2882833 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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