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| Vaccinium elliottii | = | Cyanococcus elliottii | Small (1933, 1938) | | | Vaccinium elliottii | < | Vaccinium corymbosum | Flora of North America (1993b, 1997, 2000, 2002a, 2002b, 2003a, 2004b, 2005, 2006a, 2006b, 2006c, 2007a, 2009, 2010) | | | Vaccinium elliottii | < | Vaccinium corymbosum | Stevens et al. in Kubitzki (2004). Key based in part on Uttal (1987). | | | Vaccinium elliottii | < | Vaccinium corymbosum | Wunderlin & Hansen Flora of Florida (3) | | | Vaccinium elliottii | < | Vaccinium corymbosum | Stevens et al. in Kubitzki (2004). Key based in part on Uttal (1987). | | | Source: Weakley's Flora |
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| Author | Chapman | |
| Distribution | Nearly limited to the Coastal Plain, and barely into the eastern edge of the Piedmont. However, absent from far eastern counties, including nearly all surrounding Albemarle and Pamlico sounds.
This is a Southern species that, not surprisingly, ranges north only to southeastern VA, and then north only to central AR. It ranges south to the Gulf Coast from central FL to eastern TX.
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| Abundance | Fairly common to common in most of the Coastal Plain, but infrequent in the eastern third of the province. In the Sandhills it is common along Little River and tributaries. It is quite rare in the eastern Piedmont. | |
| Habitat | This is a species of moist to wet forested interiors, especially bottomlands and the drier portions of swamps. It also occurs on levees, and banks and terraces of creeks and rivers. It is not tied to strongly acidic soils, such as around pocosins or bays, as are some other Coastal Plain blueberries. | |
| Phenology | Blooms in March and April, as the leaves expand; fruits in May and June. | |
| Identification | This is a deciduous to tardily deciduous shrub with noticeably small leaves, growing only to about 3-8 feet tall. The leaves are somewhat thick and shiny dark green above, giving an appearance of an evergreen species; they are elliptic in shape and average only about 3/4-1-inch long. This species should be easily recognizable by its “tiny” yet shiny leaves – usually much smaller than most other shrubs growing in a swamp, bottomland, or river terrace or levee. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | Essentially none
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| Other Common Name(s) | Mayberry is a frequently used name. However, such a colloquial name shows no relationship to a particular group of plants (i.e., to blueberries in this case), and it is likely in use for some other plants, as well. | |
| State Rank | S4 | |
| Global Rank | G5 | |
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| USACE-agcp | FACW link |
| USACE-emp | FACW link |
