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Deerberry blossom
Vaccinium stamineum
29.1872, -82.1401
Field Notes
Description:
Tallish shrub related to the blueberries. (Not so tasty, however.) Berries are larger, more oval.
Habitat:
This plant usually grows in dry, rocky habitat types in forests and fields, but it sometimes occurs in moist areas such as bogs and swamps. It grows in acidic, well-drained soils. It is wildfire-adapted and associated with fire-tolerant vegetation.[2]
This one was found adjacent to Silver River State Park
Notes:
It establishes via seed, and commonly spreads via woody rhizomes, with a single plant forming what appears to be a thicket with many trunks. Because most of the mass of the plant is underground, it easily survives fire and the aboveground parts grow back.[2]
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PublishedJuly 2, 2014
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