OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 27 taxa.

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speaker icon Common Name: Box Huckleberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Gaylussacia brachycera   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Gaylussacia brachycera   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Dry, acidic ridgetops and upper slopes, locally forming large clones, in the Coastal Plain in dry sandy soils

Rare in NC

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium arboreum 145-19-001   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky or sandy woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs, usually xeric and often fire-maintained, and unlike most other Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Common Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to submesic woodlands, forests, and rock outcrops (unlike most Vaccinium, often on mafic, ultramafic, or calcareous rocks)

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Dwarf Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. 1   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pinelands

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain, rare in GA

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Appalachian Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. 2   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric to submesic woodlands and forests, including pine-oak/heath and shrub balds

Common

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Florida Deerberry, Whiteleaf Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. caesium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. stamineum 145-19-002a?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric woodlands

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Deerberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vaccinium stamineum var. sericeum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium stamineum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium stamineum var. melanocarpum 145-19-002b   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Xeric woodlands

Uncommon (rare in NC) (rare in SC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mayberry, Elliott's Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium elliottii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium elliottii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium elliottii 145-19-003   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bottomlands, slopes, sandy river terraces, natural levees

Common (rare in NC Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Northern Lowbush Blueberry, Sugarberry, Low Sweet Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium angustifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium angustifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic forests and woodlands, cliffs and talus (especially sandstone and quartzite), usually at high elevations

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Dwarf Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Small Cluster Blueberry, Narrowleaf Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium tenellum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium tenellum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium tenellum 145-19-004   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, pine flatwoods, Piedmont hardpan woodlands, other xeric woodlands

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare in GA Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Rabbiteye Blueberry, Swamp Blueberry, Rabbitberry, Smallflower Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium virgatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium virgatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium amoenum 145-19-005   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pocosins and Chamaecyparis swamps, also in various drier habitats, including turkey oak sandhills

Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in NC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Hillside Blueberry, Dryland Blueberry, Upland Low Blueberry, Lowbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium vacillans 145-19-006   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Forested slopes, usually rather xeric

Common (uncommon in NC Coastal Plain, rare in GA & SC Coastal Plain)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Woollyberry, Hairy Blueberry, Low-lowbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium hirsutum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium hirsutum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium hirsutum 145-19-007   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Mountain slopes and ridges, primarily in pine-oak and oak forests

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare in GA)

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Velvetleaf Blueberry, Sourtop, Canada Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium myrtilloides   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium myrtilloides   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Acidic, high elevation slopes and cliffs

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Smooth Highbush Blueberry, Northern Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium corymbosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, wet swamp forests, moist high elevation bogs, balds, and forests

Common in Mountains (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: New Jersey Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium caesariense   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium caesariense   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Swamps, bogs, moist ground

Rare

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Southern Highbush Blueberry, Swamp Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium formosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium formosum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, swamps (especially blackwater, or at least where away from strong alluvial influence), seepages, depression ponds (dolines), other moist ground

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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Common Name: Blue Ridge Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium altomontanum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium pallidum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium corymbosum 145-19-008?   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Grassy balds, heath balds, high elevation forests and woodlands

Uncommon

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Mountain Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium simulatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium constablaei 145-19-009   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Forested slopes (northern hardwoods, spruce-fir forests), ridges, and shrub balds, at moderate and high elevations

Common in Carolina Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Hairy Highbush Blueberry, Black Highbush Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium fuscatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium fuscatum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium atrococcum 145-19-010   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs, pocosins, swamps, also in uplands

Common (uncommon in NC Mountains)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Southern Evergreen Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium myrsinites   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium myrsinites   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium myrsinites 145-19-011   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods

Common in GA Coastal Plain (rare in SC)

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Darrow's Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium darrowii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium darrowii   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pine flatwoods

Common in GA Coastal Plain

Native to Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Creeping Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium crassifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. crassifolium   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium crassifolium 145-19-012   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Pine savannas, pine flatwoods, pocosin-sandhill ecotones, upland sandhills over clay pans

Common in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Rayner's Blueberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium sempervirens   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium crassifolium ssp. sempervirens   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Seepage bogs in the fall-line Sandhills, longleaf pine woodlands over sandstone and gravel outcrops

Rare (endemic to Lexington Co, SC)

Native to South Carolina

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Bearberry, Highbush Cranberry, Mountain Cranberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium erythrocarpum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium erythrocarpum   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium erythrocarpum 145-19-013   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Rocky ridges, shrub or grassy balds, bogs, spruce-fir forests, usually at high elevations

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

 


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camera icon speaker icon Common Name: Cranberry, Large Cranberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium macrocarpon   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium macrocarpon   FAMILY: Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vaccinium macrocarpon 145-19-014   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Mountain bogs, low pocosins with deep peat, interdunal swales

Rare

Native to North Carolina

 


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camera icon Common Name: Small Cranberry

Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY: Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY: Ericaceae

 

Habitat: Bogs

Native (circumboreal, south in North America to WV)

 


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