Vaccinium uliginosum — alpine blueberry - Go Botany Alpine blueberry, as its common name suggests, is a resident of high-elevation and boreal habitats Its four-parted, urn-shaped flowers stay closed in bud Alpine blueberry can grow in regions with bedrock and soils that are unusually high in metals and minerals; it concentrates these elements in its leaves
Vaccinium uliginosum - US Forest Service SPECIES: Vaccinium uliginosum GENERAL BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS : Bog blueberry is a low, highly branched, deciduous shrub It is prostrate to erect in form and generally reaches 8 to 16 inches (20-40 cm) in height
Vaccinium uliginosum - Landscape Plants | Oregon State University Broadleaf, deciduous shrub, much branched, erect or prostate, 8-25 inches (20-60 cm) high, may root along branches Leaves are oval to elliptic, 1-2 cm long, with a dark green upper surface and lighter below, with conspicuous veins Flowers urn-shaped, white to pink, arise from ends or side branches
Vaccinium uliginosum and Vaccinium myrtillus—Two Species—One Used as a . . . Vaccinium uliginosum L (bog bilberry) and Vaccinium myrtillus L (bilberry) are species of the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae) They are low-growing deciduous shrubs that produce dark purple fruits (berries) which are edible (Figure 1)
Bog Blueberry Alpine Blueberry - Alaska Botanical Name: Vaccinium uliginosum L Family: Ericaceae – Heath family Common Names: bog blueberry, alpine blueberry, lowbush blueberry, bilberry Indigenous Alaskan Names: asiavik [Inupiaq]; qiuq, curaq [Yup’ik]; cuawak [Alutiiq]; ugiidgin [Unangam Tunuu (Aleut)]; kanat’a [Tlingit]; nilyagh [Deg Xinag Athabaskan];
Vaccinium uliginosum L. - Calflora Vaccinium uliginosum is a shrub that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond
Arctic Blueberry (Vaccinium Uliginosum) The Arctic blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum) is a resilient circumpolar shrub that's adapted to thrive in extreme northern environments It's a compact plant, growing 4-12 inches tall, with distinctive oval leaves and white-pink flowers that produce dark blue-black berries rich in antioxidants
Vaccinium uliginosum - Trees and Shrubs Online Native of the mountain heaths and bogs of the Northern Hemisphere and common in the north of Britain The fruit is edible, but is said to produce headache and giddiness if eaten in quantity It furnishes a valuable food for mountain game, but is scarcely worth cultivating in gardens