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Revision as of 11:49, 15 October 2015

Vaccinium corymbosum
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. corymbosum
Binomial name
Vaccinium corymbosum
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Natural range of Vaccinium corymbosum from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: highbush blueberry

Taxonomic notes

Description

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

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Phenology

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Pollination

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

Apidae: Apis mellifera, Bombus impatiens, Habropoda laboriosa

Colletidae: Hylaeus confluens

Halictidae: Augochlorella gratiosa, Augochloropsis anonyma, A. sumptuosa, Lasioglossum placidensis

Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae

Vespidae: Pachodynerus nasidens, Polistes bahamensis, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons, Zethus slossonae

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

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.