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Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton Lowbush blueberry, blueberry
Blueberries grow practically everywhere in Maine, where I grew up. They like acid, sandy soils. While vacationing at our camp on Sebago Lake each summer, we collected blueberries at Bradbury Mountain and other locations. Some of them even made it back down the mountain. Blueberry pie, blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins: delightful! Identification: Wild blueberries are much smaller than their cultivated cousins, about ⅛-¼″ (3.2-6.3 mm) inch in diameter. They are also more flavorful, not just more intense but somehow sweeter. Plants are rarely over a foot or so in height, though they can reach up to 2½′ (76 cm) if sheltered. Leaves are a glossy dark green color in the summer. In the fall, they turn reddish-purple. Flowers are small and white, shaped like tiny bells. Fruits are dark blue. This Vaccinium comparision chart also includes a couple of similar-appearing species that are not Vaccinium. Edibility: Scrumptious. Online References:
Earl J.S. Rook's Flora, Fauna, Earth, and Sky ... The Natural History of the Northwoods Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center The Vital Signs Gulf of Maine Research Institute The USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information Database
5/12/2016 · Wildlife Pond Trail, Beaver Broo, Hollis, New Hampshire
7/2/2015 · Bemis Rd., Pepperell, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)
5/9/2021 · Mitchell Field, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)
4/24/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm)
5/12/2007 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
5/9/2021 · Mitchell Field, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 7″ (12 × 18 cm)
5/12/2016 · Wildlife Pond Trail, Beaver Broo, Hollis, New Hampshire
5/12/2007 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
9/29/2010 · Nashua River Rail Trail, Ayer, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (22 × 14 cm) Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. hypolasium Fernald Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. laevifolium House Vaccinium angustifolium Aiton var. nigrum (Alph. Wood) Dole Vaccinium brittonii Porter ex E.P. Bicknell Vaccinium lamarckii Camp Vaccinium nigrum (Alph. Wood) Britton
Vaccinium angustifolium description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 26 Jul 2023.
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5/15/2015 · Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 10 × 7″ (25 × 16 cm)
5/12/2007 · Tom and Susan’s, Pepperell, Massachusetts
8/13/2017 · Burges Pond, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (18 × 12 cm)
8/13/2017 · Burges Pond, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm)
5/15/2015 · Willard Brook State Park, Ashby, Massachusetts · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm)
5/7/2021 · Long Reach Preserve, Harpswell, Maine · ≈ 4 × 6″ (11 × 16 cm)
8/13/2017 · Burges Pond, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9.2 cm)
5/14/2015 · Silver Lake, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm)
8/13/2017 · Burges Pond, Westford, Massachusetts · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 8.7 cm)
5/12/2016 · Wildlife Pond Trail, Beaver Broo, Hollis, New Hampshire
7/22/1987 · Camp, Sebago Lake, Maine
5/14/2015 · Silver Lake, Hollis, New Hampshire · ≈ 9 × 6″ (23 × 16 cm) Range: Zones 2-6:
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