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Section: Batodendron    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-001:

Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Batodendron arboreum

 

COMMON NAME:
Sparkleberry, Farkleberry


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image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2362_v_arboreum

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_835

        

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Manual of the Trees of North America (Exclusive of Mexico) (Sargent, 1905)    mtna_i_836

        

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_baar2_001_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm210309_8931

March    Greenville County    SC

Blackwell Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm220315_6096

March    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm110417_005

April    Cleburne County    AL

Mount Cheaha

Leaves coriaceous, evergreen to tardily deciduous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1132

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm180408_1138

April    McCormick County    SC

Parks Mill

Leaves entire or serrulate, often spinulose, mucronulate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvarboreum_and2

April    Anderson County    SC

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvarboreum_laurens

May?    Laurens County    SC

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvarboreum_trsp2

June    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Corolla bell-shaped, 5-8mm across and about as long, per Trees of the Southeastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1988).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071014_001

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071014_003

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

Bark scaly, grayish outer bark revealing red-brown inner bark, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071028_099

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

Berry black, lustrous, 5-8mm long, dry and mealy, long persistent, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071028_102

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm071028_103

October    Edgefield County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Edgefield Ranger District

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0182

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221004_0183

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221007_0278

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    jkm221007_0290

October    Greenville County    SC

Bald Rock Heritage Preserve

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    s071011_d

October    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

Leaves coriaceous, elliptic, oval or obovate, 2-7 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Vaccinium arboreum, Sparkleberry, Farkleberry

JK Marlow    s071011_d2

October    Oconee County    SC

Oconee Station/Station Cove

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Vaccinium arboreum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-001:
Vaccinium arboreum   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Batodendron arboreum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1578

Shrub; Tree
Perennial

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, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Leaf margins entire or with minute serrulate points

LEAVES:
Semi-evergreen/Tardily deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Bisexual
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry

 

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