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Vaccinium cespitosum

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Vaccinium cespitosum (also, caespitosum), known as the dwarf bilberry, dwarf blueberry, or dwarf huckleberry, is a species of flowering shrub in the genus Vaccinium, which includes blueberries, huckleberries, and cranberries.

Description

Vaccinium cespitosum is a low-lying plant rarely reaching 0.5 metres (1+1⁄2 feet) tall. It forms a carpet-like stand, spreading on runners or stolons. The foliage is reddish-green to green. It has somewhat angled or ridged branches.[3][4]

Blooming from May to June, the flowers are tiny urn-shaped white-to-pink cups less than 1 centimetre (3⁄8 inch) wide.[3][4] They are waxy and have five united petals. Unlike true blueberries, which flowers are in clusters, the flowers always occur singly. They are pollinated by bees and flies. The dark blue fruits, bilberries, are on the plant by late-summer. The berries also have a whitish bloom. There are many seeds in the fruit.[4]

Distribution and habitat

Vaccinium cespitosum is widespread across much of Canada including all three Arctic territories, as well as the northern and western United States, Mexico, and Guatemala.[5][3][6] Its native habitats include gravelly or rocky meadows and mountain slopes.[7] In the Great Lakes area, it is usually found in savannas or conifer forests. Where bilberry is common, it can be found at higher elevations and in spruce-fir forest. It can also be found in alpine heath and in shrublands.[4]

Ecology

Both grizzly and black bears eat the fruit. The plant is a host of the butterfly species Lycaeides idas nabokovi.[4]

Uses

The blue bilberries are edible.[3][8]

References

  1. ↑NatureServe (2024). "Vaccinium caespitosum". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ↑ « Vaccinium caespitosum » . Trópicos . Jardines Botánicos de Missouri : a través de The Plant List .Tenga en cuenta que este sitio web ha sido reemplazado por World Flora Online.
  3. ^ Vander Kloet, Sam P. (2009 ) . " Vaccinium cespitosum " . En Comité Editorial de Flora de América del Norte (ed.). Flora de Norteamérica Norte de México (FNA) . vol. 8. Nueva York y Oxford: Oxford University Press - a través de eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden , St. Louis, MO y Harvard University Herbaria , Cambridge, MA. 
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Arándano enano" . Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos . Consultado el 20 de octubre de 2023 .
  5. ↑ Kartesz, John T. (2014). " Vaccinium caespitosum " . Mapa de distribución a nivel estatal del Atlas de Plantas de América del Norte (NAPA) . Programa de Biota de América del Norte (BONAP). 
  6. ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. En Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México DF
  7. ↑ "Centro de Flores Silvestres Lady Bird Johnson - Universidad de Texas en Austin" . www.wildflower.org . Consultado el 16 de octubre de 2022 .
  8. ↑ Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Árboles y arbustos del noroeste del Pacífico (1.ª ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press . pág. 177. ISBN   978-1-60469-263-1.
  • Tratamiento manual Jepson: Vaccinium cespitosum
  • Perfil de plantas del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos: Vaccinium cespitosum
  • Vaccinium cespitosum en la base de datos fotográfica CalPhotos , Universidad de California, Berkeley.