Deerberry (MatBio: TREES & SHRUBS - Matanzas Biodiversity)

Deerberry

Vaccinium stamineum

Summary ⁷

Vaccinium stamineum, commonly known as deerberry, tall deerberry, squaw huckleberry, highbush huckleberry, buckberry, and southern gooseberry, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is native to North America, including Ontario, the eastern United States, and parts of Mexico. It is most common in the southeastern United States.

General description ⁸

Vaccinium stamineum L.

Distribution

Wet pine savannas (SPS-RF).

Notes

Apr–Jun ; Aug–Oct . Reported from Shaken Creek Preserve by LeBlond (2000) , but no specimens have been seen by the senior author. [> Vaccinium stamineum L. var. stamineum sensu RAB; = FNA;> Vaccinium stamineum L. various varieties sensu Weakley]

Sources and Credits

(c) Lindley Ashline, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/98083017@N00/137897815
(c) "<a href=""http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/WLI/"">USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=vast_001_ahp.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://nt.ars-grin.gov/"">ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory</a>. United States, MD, Glen Echo.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=vast_003_ahp.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://www.wli.nrcs.usda.gov"">NRCS National Wetland Team, Fort Worth, TX</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=vast_004_avd.tif
(c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=post8_001_avd.tif
(c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/32427
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_stamineum
(c) Unknown, some rights reserved (<license>Public Domain</license>), http://eol.org/data_objects/31442259

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