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Canadian Blueberry
Vaccinium myrtilloides
45.8008, -78.687
Field Notes
Description:
Vaccinium myrtilloides is a low spreading deciduous shrub growing to 50 cm tall, often in small thickets. The leaves are bright green, paler underneath with velvety hairs. The flowers are white, bell-shaped, 5 mm long. The fruit is a small sweet bright blue to dark blue berry. Young stems have stiff dense bristly hairs.
Habitat:
This plant grows best in open coniferous woods with dry loose acidic soils; it is also found in forested bogs and rocky areas. It is fire-tolerant and is often abundant following forest fires or clear-cut logging.
Notes:
There were many wild blueberry bushes around our camp in the interior of Algonquin. They are very small but very tasty. It's nice to have some fresh fruit while camping. I believe bears eat these also.
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