Vaccinium arboreum

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Vaccinium arboreum
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species:
V. arboreum
Binomial name
Vaccinium arboreum
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Synonyms[3]
  • Batodendron glaucescens Greene[2]
  • Batodendron arboreum (Marshall) Nutt.

Vaccinium arboreum (sparkleberry or farkleberry) is a species of Vaccinium native to the southeastern and south-central United States, from southern Virginia west to southeastern Nebraska, south to Florida and eastern Texas, and north to Illinois.[4][5]

Description[]

Vaccinium arboreum is a shrub (rarely a small tree) growing to 3–5 m (7.5-12.5 feet) rarely 9 m) (22.5 feet) tall, with a diameter at breast height of up to 35 cm (14 inches). The leaves are evergreen in the south of the range, but deciduous further north where winters are colder; they are oval-elliptic with an acute apex, 3–7 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with a smooth or very finely toothed margin. Sparkleberry grows on sand dunes, hammocks, dry hillsides, meadows, and in rocky woods. It also grows on a variety of moist sites such as wet bottomlands and along creek banks.[6]

The flowers are white, bell-shaped, and 3–4 mm (0.12-0.16 inches) in diameter with a five-lobed corolla, produced in racemes up to 5 cm (2 inches) long. The fruit is a round dry berry about 6 mm (0.24 inches) in diameter, green at first, black when ripe, edible but bitter and tough.[6] They are eaten by various wildlife.[7]

Flowers
Leaves
Branch

References[]

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2020). "Vaccinium arboreum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T152906341A152906343. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T152906341A152906343.en. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ The Plant List, Vaccinium arboreum var. glaucescens (Greene) Sarg.
  3. ^ Tropicos, Vaccinium arboreum Marshall
  4. ^ USDA; Native Distribution - V. arboreum . accessed 11.10.2010
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Flora of North America, Vaccinium arboreum Marshall, 1785. Farkleberry
  7. ^ Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 629. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.

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