FOIBIS

Species Details -
Vaccinium uliginosum L.  

Accepted name: Vaccinium uliginosum L.  
Synonym(s): -Vaccinium   occidentale   Gray    
-Vaccinium   uliginosum     ssp. pedris   (Harshberger) S.B. Young
-Vaccinium   uliginosum     ssp. occidentale   (Gray) Hultén
-Vaccinium   uliginosum     ssp. microphyllum   Lange
-Vaccinium   uliginosum     ssp. gaultherioides   (Bigelow) S.B. Young
-Vaccinium   uliginosum     ssp. alpinum   (Bigelow) Hultén
-Vaccinium   uliginosum     var. salicinum   (Cham.) Hultén
-Vaccinium   uliginosum     var. occidentale   (Gray) Hara
-Vaccinium   uliginosum   L.   var. alpinum Bigelow  
-Vaccinium   uliginosum   L.   ssp. pubescens   (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S. Young
-Vaccinium   pubescens   Wormsk. ex Hornem.    
English names: Bog Blueberry
Bog Bilberry
French names: Airelle des vases
Classification: Kingdom:  Plantae
Divison:   Magnoliophyta
Class:   Magnoliopsida
Order:   Ericales
Family:   Ericaceae
OPL Code: WVACUL
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998)
Lifeform: 1.3
Lifecycle: P
Source database: FOIBIS, June 2005-2012
Floristic Affinities: -
Distribution: -
Ecosystem:
Microhabitat:
Ethnobotanical Notes: Casual usage by the Inuit and cultivated in Korea for its edible fruits, recently experimental cultivation in Belarus (1).
Key Characters: -

Species Codes
NRVIS ID
133062
General Status
ARCTIC
OMNR Status
COSEWIC
SRANK
S5
GRANK
G5T?
Med Flag
Bayer Codes
VACUL
 


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