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§1 Plant

Vaccinium stamineum L.

vernacular deerberry — species · Ericaceae


USDA
VAST
GBIF
2882913
Rank
species
deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum)
Platephotograph · Christian Cline source · iNaturalist ↗

§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

· 720 counties across 19 states/territories
Legend Native · 720 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Low
Fire
Medium
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-23 °F minimum
Frost-free days
140 min.
Precipitation
30–65 in/yr
pH range
4–7
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Long
Mature height
16 ft
Height @ 20 y
16 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
White
Fruit colour
Purple
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
Yes
Propagation
seed, bare root, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
No Known Source
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 720 counties across 19 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 59 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 50 N
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 54 N
Georgia view state ↗ 80 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 73 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 37 N
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 46 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 18 N
New York view state ↗ 37 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 85 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 64 N
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N
Virginia view state ↗ 100 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/VAST ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2882913 ↗

Record version

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