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SPECIES: Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog Blueberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
VACULI

SYNONYMS : 
NO-ENTRY


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   VAUL


COMMON NAMES : 
   bog blueberry
   bog bilberry
   alpine blueberry
   alpine bilberry
   bog huckleberry
   bog whortleberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of bog blueberry is Vaccinium
uliginosum Linnaeus [1,34,37,41,72].  It has been placed within the
section Vaccinium of the taxonomically complex genus Vaccinium [81].
Recognized subspecies and varieties based on morphological
characteristics or distribution are as follows:

             V. uliginosum ssp. alpinum (Bigel.) Hulten [37,87]
             V. uliginosum ssp. microphyllum Lange [37,41,81]
             V. uliginosum ssp. pubescens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) Young [41,75,81]
             V. uliginosum ssp. occidentale (Gray) Hulten [41,81]
             V. uliginosum ssp. pedris (Harshberger) Young [41,81]
             V. uliginosum ssp. gaultherioides (Bigel.) Young [81]
             V. uliginosum var. alpinum Bigel. [23,37,72,75,87]
             V. uliginosum var. salicinum (Cham.) Hulten [37,81]
             V. uliginosum var. uliginosum Linnaeus [1,34,37,41,72]


LIFE FORM : 
Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Robin F. Matthews, April 1992


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Matthews, Robin F. 1992. Vaccinium uliginosum. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Vaccinium uliginosum | Bog Blueberry