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SPECIES: Vaccinium arboreum | Tree Sparkleberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACARB

SYNONYMS : 
   Vaccinium diffusum
   Batodendron arboreum
   Batodendron andrachniforme
   Batodendron glaucescens


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VAAR


COMMON NAMES : 
   tree sparkleberry
   sparkleberry
   sparkle-berry
   tree huckleberry
   huckleberry
   winter huckleberry
   farkleberry
   Missouri farkleberry
   whortleberry
   gooseberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of tree sparkleberry is Vaccinium
arboreum Marshall [34].  Kartesz and Kartesz [16] recognize the
following varieties:

            Vaccinium arboreum var. arboreum
            Vaccinium arboreum var. glaucescens (Greene) Sarg.

Still, many authorities do not delineate varieties of tree sparkleberry.

Tree sparkleberry is the sole North American representative of the
section Batodendron (Nutt.) A. Gray. L. T. within the family Ericaceae
[45,46].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
D. Tirmenstein, January, 1991


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Tirmenstein, D. A. 1991. Vaccinium arboreum. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium arboreum | Tree Sparkleberry