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SPECIES: Vaccinium pallidum | Hillside Blueberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACPAL

SYNONYMS : 
   Vaccinium vacillans


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VAVA


COMMON NAMES : 
   hillside blueberry
   Blue Ridge blueberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently preferred scientific name of hillside blueberry is
Vaccinium pallidum Ait. [32].  

Hillside blueberry hybridizes with many species including Darrow's
evergreen blueberry (V.darrowii), sweet hurt's blueberry (V. boreale),
small cluster blueberry (V. tenellum), highbush blueberry (V.
fuscatum), deerberry (V. stamineum), mayberry (V. elliottii), velvetleaf
blueberry (V. myrtilloides), downy blueberry (V. atrococcum), low sweet
blueberry (V. angustifolium), V. caesariense, and V. virgatum
[14,19,58,60].  Hybrid swarms or complexes involving hillside blueberry,
swamp highbush blueberry, and black highbush blueberry have been
reported [58].  Some researchers suggest that V. alto-montanum may be a
derivative of hillside blueberry hybridization [57,58] or, alternately,
an autotetraploid of hillside blueberry [19].  Vander Kloet [61]
reported that hillside blueberry may be an ancestor of highbush
blueberry (V. corymbosum).  Hairy-fruited blueberry (V. hirsutum) may be
the product of hillside blueberry-deerberry hybridization [61].  


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


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


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


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

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium pallidum | Hillside Blueberry