DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE
SPECIES: Vaccinium myrsinites | Ground Blueberry 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION : 
Ground blueberry grows along the southeastern Coastal Plain and Gulf
Coast from South Carolina through southern Georgia and northern Florida
to southwestern Alabama and perhaps southwestern Louisiana [18,42].  It
extends southward to peninsular Florida [18].  Disjunct populations
occur in the Metamorphic Hills of Alabama [42].


ECOSYSTEMS : 
   FRES12  Longleaf - slash pine
   FRES14  Oak - pine
   FRES16  Oak - gum - cypress


STATES : 
     AL  FL  GA  LA  SC


ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS : 
     BICY  CUIS  FOCA


BLM PHYSIOGRAPHIC REGIONS : 
NO-ENTRY


KUCHLER PLANT ASSOCIATIONS : 
   K112  Southern mixed forest
   K115  Sand pine scrub
   K116  Subtropical pine forest


SAF COVER TYPES : 
    69  Sand pine
    70  Longleaf pine
    71  Longleaf pine - scrub oak
    72  Southern scrub oak
    74  Cabbage palmetto
    80  Loblolly pine - shortleaf pine
    82  Loblolly pine - hardwood
    83  Longleaf pine - slash pine
    84  Slash pine
    85  Slash pine - hardwood
    98  Pond pine
   104  Sweetbay - swamp tupelo - redbay
   111  South Florida slash pine


SRM (RANGELAND) COVER TYPES : 
NO-ENTRY


HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES : 
Ground blueberry commonly grows in prairies, pine forests or barrens,
and at the edges of shrub-tree bogs or bays [18,33].  It is a prominent
component of scrubby, xeric pine flatwoods, sand pine (Pinus clausa)
scrub, oak (Quercus spp.)-palmetto (Sabal spp.) scrub, scrub palmetto
(S. etonia) communities, pine-oak scrub, and rosemary (Ceratiola
ericoides) balds [3,15,42].  Ground blueberry also occurs in southern
mixed forests [40], on disturbed dunes, [42] and in fallow fields [9].

Plant associates:  Common associates in scrub palmetto or Florida scrub
communities include scrub palmetto, pawpaw (Asimina reticulata),
scrubclover (Petalostemon feayi), dodder (Cassytha filiformis), blazing
star (Liatris tenuifolia), and scrub mint (Conradina grandiflora) [3].
Sand pine, tree sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum), saw palmetto, and oak
often grow with ground blueberry in sand pine scrub [27].  Slash pine
(Pinus elliottii), pond pine (P. serotina), longleaf pine (P.
palustris), saw palmetto (Serenoa repens), lyonia (Lyonia spp.), dwarf
huckleberry (Gaylussacia dumosa), oaks, and inkberry (Ilex glabra) grow
with ground blueberry in pine flatwoods or pine scrub [1,15,20,39].
Common associates on fallow ground include bracken fern (Pteridium
aquilinum), dwarf huckleberry, and running oak (Q. pumila) [9].

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium myrsinites | Ground Blueberry