Difference between revisions of "Vaccinium corymbosum"

From Coastal Plain Plants Wiki
Jump to: navigation, search
(Photo Gallery)
(Ecology)
 
(27 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
| name = Vaccinium corymbosum
 
| name = Vaccinium corymbosum
 
| image = Vacc_cory.jpg
 
| image = Vacc_cory.jpg
| image_caption = Photo by Betty Wargo, [http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3689  Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants]
+
| image_caption = Photo by Betty Wargo, [http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Default.aspx Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants]
 
| regnum = Plantae
 
| regnum = Plantae
 
| divisio = Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
 
| divisio = Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Line 18: Line 18:
 
}}
 
}}
  
Common name: highbush blueberry
+
Common name: Highbush blueberry
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 +
Synonyms: ''Cyanococcus corymbosus'' (Linnaeus) Rydberg; ''V. constablaei'' A. Gray.<ref>Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. </ref>
 +
 +
Varieties: ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''albiflorum'' (Hooker) Fernald; ''V. corymbosum'' var. ''glabrum''.<ref>Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
 +
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
 
<!-- Basic life history facts such as annual/perrenial, monoecious/dioecious, root morphology, seed type, etc. -->
Line 27: Line 31:
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
 
===Habitat=== <!--Natural communities, human disturbed habitats, topography, hydrology, soils, light, fire regime requirements for removal of competition, etc.-->
 +
 +
''V. corymbosum'' has been found on stands of slash pine, bald cypress swamps, mixed hardwood swamps, pine-oak woodlands, prairies, wet flatwoods, and sand ridges.<ref name="FSU"> Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: L.C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, B. K. Holst, Cecil R Slaughter, and Birgit Wiedwald. States and counties: Florida: Liberty, Marion, Nassau, Sarasota, Wakulla, and Walton.</ref> It is also found in disturbed areas including burned pinewoods, along roadsides, and burned pine savannahs.<ref name="FSU"/>
 +
 +
Associated species: ''Gaylussocia spp., Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus virginiana'', and ''V. myrsinites''.<ref name="FSU"/><ref name="PH"> Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Stevens Heckscher. States and Counties: New Jersey: Cumberland.</ref>
 +
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 
===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers.  Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ -->
 +
''V. corymbosum'' has been observed to flower January to April and in December.<ref>Nelson, G.  [http://www.gilnelson.com/ PanFlora]: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/  Accessed: 14 DEC 2016</ref>
 +
 
===Seed dispersal===
 
===Seed dispersal===
===Seed bank and germination===
+
This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.<ref>Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.</ref> 
===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
+
<!--===Seed bank and germination===-->
 +
<!--===Fire ecology===--> <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 +
 
 
===Pollination===
 
===Pollination===
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Vaccinium corymbosum'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
+
''Vaccinium corymbosum'' has been observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host bees from the Apidae family such as ''Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens,'' and ''Habropoda laboriosa'', plasterer bees such as ''Hylaeus confluens'' (family Colletidae), sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as ''Augochlorella gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. sumptuosa,'' and ''Lasioglossum placidensis'', wasps from the Leucospididae family such as ''Leucospis robertsoni,'' and ''L. slossonae'', and thread-waisted wasps from the Vespidae family such as ''Pachodynerus nasidens, Polistes bahamensis, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons,'' and ''Zethus slossonae''.<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref> Additionally, ''V. corymbosum'' has been observed with ground-nesting bees from the Andrenidae family such as ''Andrena bradleyi, A. carolina, A. forbesii, A. imitatrix, A. nasonii, A. rufosignata'' and ''A. vicina,'' bees from the Apidae family such as ''Bombus auricomus, B. bimaculatus, B. griseocollis, Nomada xanthura'' and ''Xylocopa virginica'', sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as ''A. sericeus, A. virescens, Augochlorella aurata, A. metallica, Halictus confusus, L bruneri, L. cressonii, L. leucozonium, L. oceanicum, L. tegulare, L. timothyi, L. versans, L. versatum,'' and ''Sphecodes aroniae,'' and leafcutting bees from the Megachilidae family such as ''Osmia lignaria'' and ''O. sandhouseae''.<ref>Discoverlife.org [https://www.discoverlife.org/20/q?search=Bidens+albaDiscoverlife.org|Discoverlife.org]</ref>
 
+
<!--===Herbivory and toxicology=== <!--Common herbivores, granivory, insect hosting, poisonous chemicals, allelopathy, etc.-->
Apidae''Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, Habropoda laboriosa''
+
<!--===Diseases and parasites===-->
 
 
Colletidae:  ''Hylaeus confluens''
 
 
 
Halictidae''Augochlorella gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum placidensis''
 
  
Leucospididae:  ''Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae''
+
==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
  
Vespidae:  ''Pachodynerus nasidens, Polistes bahamensis, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, Zethus slossonae''
+
==Cultural use==
 +
''Vaccinium corymbosum'' produces a berry that can be eaten raw or cooked into goods such as jellies or pies.<ref> Hardin, J.W., Arena, J.M. 1969. Human Poisoning from Native and Cultivated Plants. Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina.</ref>
  
===Use by animals=== <!--Herbivory, granivory, insect hosting, etc.-->
 
===Diseases and parasites===
 
==Conservation and Management==
 
==Cultivation and restoration==
 
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
<gallery widths=180px>
 
<gallery widths=180px>
File: Vacc_cory-BWargoflow3.jpg | <center> Vacc_cory_BWargo-Fruit2.jpg | <center>Flowers & Fruit of ''Vaccinium'' ''corymbosum'' <p> Photo by Betty Wargo, [http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Plant.aspx?id=3689 Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants] </p>
+
File: Vacc_cory-BWargoflow3.jpg | <center> Flowers & Fruit of ''Vaccinium'' ''corymbosum'' <p> Photos by Betty Wargo, [http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/Default.aspx  Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants] </p>
</gallery>
 
  
 +
Vacc_cory_BWargo-Fruit2.jpg </gallery>
 
==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
 

Latest revision as of 12:14, 18 July 2022

Vaccinium corymbosum
Vacc cory.jpg
Photo by Betty Wargo, Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. corymbosum
Binomial name
Vaccinium corymbosum
L.
Vacc cory dist.jpg
Natural range of Vaccinium corymbosum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Highbush blueberry

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: Cyanococcus corymbosus (Linnaeus) Rydberg; V. constablaei A. Gray.[1]

Varieties: V. corymbosum var. albiflorum (Hooker) Fernald; V. corymbosum var. glabrum.[2]

Description

A description of Vaccinium corymbosum is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

V. corymbosum has been found on stands of slash pine, bald cypress swamps, mixed hardwood swamps, pine-oak woodlands, prairies, wet flatwoods, and sand ridges.[3] It is also found in disturbed areas including burned pinewoods, along roadsides, and burned pine savannahs.[3]

Associated species: Gaylussocia spp., Acer rubrum, Liquidambar styraciflua, Pinus virginiana, and V. myrsinites.[3][4]

Phenology

V. corymbosum has been observed to flower January to April and in December.[5]

Seed dispersal

This species is thought to be dispersed by consumption by vertebrates.[6]

Pollination

Vaccinium corymbosum has been observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host bees from the Apidae family such as Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, and Habropoda laboriosa, plasterer bees such as Hylaeus confluens (family Colletidae), sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as Augochlorella gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. sumptuosa, and Lasioglossum placidensis, wasps from the Leucospididae family such as Leucospis robertsoni, and L. slossonae, and thread-waisted wasps from the Vespidae family such as Pachodynerus nasidens, Polistes bahamensis, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, and Zethus slossonae.[7] Additionally, V. corymbosum has been observed with ground-nesting bees from the Andrenidae family such as Andrena bradleyi, A. carolina, A. forbesii, A. imitatrix, A. nasonii, A. rufosignata and A. vicina, bees from the Apidae family such as Bombus auricomus, B. bimaculatus, B. griseocollis, Nomada xanthura and Xylocopa virginica, sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as A. sericeus, A. virescens, Augochlorella aurata, A. metallica, Halictus confusus, L bruneri, L. cressonii, L. leucozonium, L. oceanicum, L. tegulare, L. timothyi, L. versans, L. versatum, and Sphecodes aroniae, and leafcutting bees from the Megachilidae family such as Osmia lignaria and O. sandhouseae.[8]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Vaccinium corymbosum produces a berry that can be eaten raw or cooked into goods such as jellies or pies.[9]

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draf of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: L.C. Anderson, R.K. Godfrey, B. K. Holst, Cecil R Slaughter, and Birgit Wiedwald. States and counties: Florida: Liberty, Marion, Nassau, Sarasota, Wakulla, and Walton.
  4. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University accessed using Southeastern Regional Network of Expertise and Collections (SERNEC) data portal. URL: http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/index.php Last accessed: June 2021. Collectors: Stevens Heckscher. States and Counties: New Jersey: Cumberland.
  5. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 14 DEC 2016
  6. Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
  7. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  8. Discoverlife.org [1]
  9. Hardin, J.W., Arena, J.M. 1969. Human Poisoning from Native and Cultivated Plants. Duke University Press, Durham, North Carolina.