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Revision as of 08:32, 12 July 2016

Vaccinium darrowii
Vaccinium darowii PH 2015-10.JPG
Photo by Kevin Robertson
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. darrowii
Binomial name
Vaccinium darrowii
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Vacc darr dist.jpg
Natural range of Vaccinium darrowii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Darrow's blueberry

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Cyanococcus myrsinites (Lamarck) Small var. glaucum A. Gray

Description

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

Distribution

Ecology

Seed dispersal

According to Kay Kirkman, a plant ecologist, this species disperses by being consumed by vertebrates (being assumed). [1]

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Vaccinium darrowii at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Epeolus erigeronis, Habropoda laboriosa

Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlora pura, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis

Vespidae: Eumenes smithii

Conservation and management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

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.

  1. Kay Kirkman, unpublished data, 2015.