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Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum)

  • Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium Uliginosum) https://www.sagebud.com/bog-blueberry-vaccinium-uliginosum
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    Credit: Epukas | Own work | License: PD
  • Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium Uliginosum) https://www.sagebud.com/bog-blueberry-vaccinium-uliginosum
    Credit: Sten Porse | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
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    Credit: Sten Porse | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
  • Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium Uliginosum) https://www.sagebud.com/bog-blueberry-vaccinium-uliginosum
    Credit: Sten Porse | Own work | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0 GFDL
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  • Bog Blueberry (Vaccinium Uliginosum) https://www.sagebud.com/bog-blueberry-vaccinium-uliginosum
    Credit: David Gaya | Taken by author in Vall Farrera (Pirinees) | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
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Vaccinium Uliginosum, or more commonly know as Bog Blueberry, is a subshrub shrub with dark green foliage and purple flowers of the genus Vaccinium. It has a moderate growth rate and a height of 2 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It's active growth period is spring and summer, blooms during early summer and is somewhat tolerant of shade. Vaccinium Uliginosum or Bog Blueberry's floral region is North America US Lower 48 and Alaska, specifically in the states of Alaska, California, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Vaccinium
  • Family: Ericaceae
  • Order: Ericales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Subshrub Shrub
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) CAN (N) GL (N) SPM (N)
  • State T/E Status: MI (T) MN (T) NY (R)
  • State T/E Common Name: MI (alpine blueberry) MN (alpine bilberry) NY (bog bilberry)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: FACU+ FACW+
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(FACU+) 3(FAC*) 8(NI) 9(FACW+) 0(FACW+) A(FAC)
  • Active Growth Period: Spring and Summer
  • Allelopath: No
  • Bloat: None
  • C:N Ratio: Medium
  • Coppice Potential: No
  • Fall Conspicuous: No
  • Fire Resistance: No
  • Flower Color: Purple
  • Flower Conspicuous: Yes
  • Foliage Color: Dark Green
  • Foliage Porosity Summer: Porous
  • Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
  • Foliage Texture: Medium
  • Fruit/Seed Color: Blue
  • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: Yes
  • Growth Form: Multiple Stem
  • Growth Rate: Moderate
  • Height at 20 Years Maximum (feet): 2
  • Height Mature (feet): 2
  • Leaf Retention: No
  • Lifespan: Moderate
  • Low Growing Grass: No
  • Resprout Ability: Yes
  • Shape and Orientation: Semi-Erect
  • Toxicity: None
  • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: No
  • Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: No
  • Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
  • Anaerobic Tolerance: None
  • CaCO3 Tolerance: None
  • Cold Stratification Required: Yes
  • Drought Tolerance: Low
  • Fertility Requirement: Low
  • Fire Tolerance: High
  • Frost Free Days Minimum: 90
  • Hedge Tolerance: None
  • Moisture Use: Medium
  • pH (Minimum): 4.5
  • pH (Maximum): 5.7
  • Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 2700
  • Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 4800
  • Precipitation (Minimum): 18
  • Precipitation (Maximum): 45
  • Root Depth Minimum (inches): 12
  • Salinity Tolerance: None
  • Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
  • Temperature Minimum (°F): -38
  • Bloom Period: Early Summer
  • Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
  • Fruit/Seed Abundance: Medium
  • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
  • Fruit/Seed Period End: Summer
  • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
  • Propagated by Bare Root: Yes
  • Propagated by Bulbs: No
  • Propagated by Container: Yes
  • Propagated by Corms: No
  • Propagated by Cuttings: Yes
  • Propagated by Seed: Yes
  • Propagated by Sod: No
  • Propagated by Sprigs: No
  • Propagated by Tubers: No
  • Seed Spread Rate: Slow
  • Seedling Vigor: Low
  • Small Grain: No
  • Vegetative Spread Rate: Slow





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