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Southern Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium formosum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in North Carolina.January 4, February 5, March 4, April 7, May 7, June 4, July 3, August 3, September 4, October 4, November 3, December 4.
United States163
North Carolina52
South Carolina46
Georgia19
Virginia17
Maryland6
Alabama4
New Jersey3
Pennsylvania2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyheath family · Ericaceae
Genusblueberries, cranberries, and allies · Vaccinium

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Southern Highbush Blueberry with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.