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Digital Herbaria

Vaccinium arboreum

Vaccinium arboreum Marshall

Farkleberry, Tree Sparkleberry, Sparkleberry, Winter Huckleberry, Huckleberry

Ericaceae (Heath Family)

USDA Symbol: VAAR
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Vaccinium arboreum var. arboreum

Farkelberry

Ericaceae

Location: Green Mountain Road, approximately 1.6 km north of Loop 1604.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Soil clay based, alkaline. Growing with several types of trees, grasses and herbaceous plants.

Description: Tree, approximately 25 m tall. Leaves dark green, to 7.5 cm long, 37 mm wide, ovate, entire. Small white flowers clustered at end of branches.

County: Bexar
Collector: Cecil Mayo
Collection Date: May 31, 1993
Specimen number: 004

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0435
Accession Date: Jul 16, 1993
Accession Number: 34

Annotations: SCXXB Ligustrum sinense Lour. Oleaceae Chinese Privet Harry Cliffe Feb. 8, 1994

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