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Read more about Bearberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Oxycoccoides
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium erythrocarpum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Vaccinium erythrocarpum ssp. erythrocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-013:
Vaccinium erythrocarpum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Hugeria erythrocarpa
COMMON NAME:
Bearberry, Highbush Cranberry, Southern Mountain Cranberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_oxer_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmverythrocarpum_gfm2
June Avery County NC
Grandfather Mountain
Easily identified by its distinctive slender, red, 4-parted flowers, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmverythrocarpum_mm1
June Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
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JK Marlow jkm080924_077
September Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves finely serrate, glabrous, long-pointed. Fruit borne on long stalks, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.