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Alpine Bilberry

Vaccinium uliginosum

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

They were very low-growing with round, purplish leaves. I only found some shriveled-up berries such as this one.

Habitat:

Mt. Katahdin on a rocky path with other low-growing plants and shrubs

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Machi
It could be, it looks very similar to the photos online. I'm not sure if there are other similar species as well in the area though.
IrinaSh
Nice! And may be Vaccínium uliginósum?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_uliginosum

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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BioBlitz, Maine
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PublishedOctober 7, 2015

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