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Cressler, Alan

Vaccinium myrsinites

Vaccinium myrsinites Lam.

Shiny Blueberry, Evergreen Blueberry

Ericaceae (Heath Family)

Synonym(s): Cyanococcus myrsinites, Vaccinium nitidum

USDA Symbol: VAMY3

USDA Native Status: L48 (N)

The Shiny Blueberry is a member of the heath family (family Ericaceae) which is widespread, especially on acid soils, with about 1500 species, mostly shrubs, sometimes trees; 15 native tree and many native shrub species in North America. Leaves: usually alternate, simple, elliptical, and not toothed often thick and evergreen, without stipules.

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Leaf Complexity: Simple
Fruit Type: Berry
Size Notes: Up to about 3 feet tall.

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: White , Red , Pink
Bloom Time: Jan , Feb , Mar , Apr , May , Dec

Distribution

USA: AL , FL , GA , SC

Value to Beneficial Insects

Special Value to Native Bees

This information was provided by the Pollinator Program at The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FACU				FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

From the National Organizations Directory

According to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is on display at the following locations:

Mt. Cuba Center - Hockessin, DE

Bibliography

Bibref 1620 - Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Reprint Edition) (2009) Wasowski, S. with A. Wasowski

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Web Reference

Webref 57 - Atlas of Florida Plants (2020) Institute for Systematic Botany
Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Research Literature

Reslit 850 - Value of various taxa in breeding tetraploid blueberries in Florida (1997) P. M. Lyrene
Reslit 1287 - Testing control sites for fire ecology research (2010) J. L. Silva-Lugo and G. W. Tanner
Reslit 1354 - Elevated CO2 lowers relative and absolute herbivore density across all species of a scrub-oak forest (2003) P. Stiling, D. C. Moon, M. D. Hunter, J. Colson, A...
Reslit 1948 - Native Vaccinium spp. and Gaylussacia spp. infested by Rhagoletis mendax (Diptera : Tephritidae) in the Great Lakes region: A potential source of inoculum for infestation of cultivated blueberries (2001) J. J. Smith, V. Gavrilovic and D. R. Smitley
Reslit 2447 - Life history strategies of Florida scrub plants in relation to fire (1995) E. S. Menges, N. Kohfeldt
Reslit 2605 - Post-fire growth strategies of resprouting Florida scrub vegetation (2011) A. J. Maguire, E. S. Menges
Reslit 2608 - Patterns of reproductive effort with time since last fire in Florida scrub plants (1994) R. Ostertag, E. S. Menges

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Vaccinium myrsinites in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Vaccinium myrsinites in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Vaccinium myrsinites

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-01-19
Research By: TWC Staff

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