Vaccinium fuscatum

Classification	Dicots
Family	Ericaceae
Family (Traditional)	Ericaceae
Genus	Vaccinium
Species:	Vaccinium fuscatum Aiton
Common Name	Black Highbush Blueberry
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: UCR; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 10; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Berry; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: axillary; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: raceme; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Compound; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Fusion: Yes; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 10; Tepal Fusion: No; Tepal Number: 0
C value	6
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Caldwell (KY), Calloway (KY), Cannon (TN), Carroll (TN), Coffee (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Lewis (TN), Lincoln (TN), Marion (TN), Moore (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Robertson (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, HTTU, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2009

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
APSC0110887	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0102249	Van Buren	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0057090	Sequatchie	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0112052	Lewis	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02512	Coffee	Tennessee	25 Sep 2000	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0107097	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0015403	Lincoln	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
N/A	Coffee	Tennessee	14 Aug 2001	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0112054	Lewis	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0087103	White	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
UCHT022597	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0110888	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0110886	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0098748	Moore	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0077519	Calloway	Kentucky	20 Mar 1987	Max Medley	APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0099446	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0082416	Lewis	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0112053	Lewis	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0100979	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
HTTU030755	Grundy	Tennessee			HTTU Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02513	Coffee	Tennessee	05 Aug 2001	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02507	Franklin	Tennessee	07 May 1968	John Olofson	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02514	Coffee	Tennessee	29 Apr 1996	Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0051114	Carroll	Tennessee	05 Jun 2009	Dwayne Estes	APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0110885	Warren	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02505	Franklin	Tennessee	11 Apr 2006	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02515	Coffee	Tennessee	14-May-96	Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02508	Franklin	Tennessee	23 Jun 2006	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UCHT022598	Marion	Tennessee			UCHT Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0015406	Giles	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0102724	Grundy	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0110884	Cannon	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0050022	Polk	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0051118	Giles	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0111578	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0015415	Robertson	Tennessee	31 May 1979	Edward Chester	APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0070173	Moore	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0110883	White	Tennessee			APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02510	Coffee	Tennessee	24 Apr 1996	Douglas E. Kennemore, Jr.	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02509	Grundy	Tennessee	05 May 1969	Sanders	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02506	Franklin	Tennessee	29 Apr 1969	Sanders	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
31234100411501	Hamilton	Tennessee	15 Jun 1987	Ronald L. Jones 4946	EKY Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0084462	Calloway	Kentucky	05 Oct 1982	Max Medley	APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
APSC0015421	Calloway	Kentucky	11 Aug 1979	Edward Chester	APSC Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02511	Coffee	Tennessee	24 May 2001	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum
UOS02504	Franklin	Tennessee	29 Apr 2009	Yolande M. Gottfried	UOS Vaccinium fuscatum

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Vaccinium fuscatum

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