genus
Blueberries, Huckleberries, Cranberries, Bilberries, and Allies
Vaccinium
Field notes
Children
- Blueberries 15 native
- Bilberries 11 native
- Cranberries 2 native
- Deerberries 1 native
- Sparkleberries 1 native
- Blueberries 1 native
- Blueberries 1 native
- Blueberries 1 native
- Bog Bilberries 1 native
- Pyxothamnus 1 native
- Rabbit-eye Blueberry native
- San Bruno Huckleberry
- Vaccinium viscifolium
- Vaccinium leucobotrys
- Vaccinium myrsinoides
- Newfoundland Bilberry
- Ciliata
- Hemimyrtillus
- Conchophyllum
- Leptothamnia
- Vaccinium × dobbinii
- Bracteata
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Trees
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native blueberries, huckleberries, cranberries, bilberries, and allies All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium angustifolium
keystone
caterpillars
161
bees
10
hosts
1
food
41
flowers
82
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Large Cranberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
keystone
caterpillars
160
bees
10
food
42
flowers
101
shelter
1
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Early Lowbush Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum
keystone
caterpillars
158
bees
10
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
51
shelter
1
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Northern Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
keystone
caterpillars
154
bees
11
hosts
1
food
42
flowers
190
shelter
1
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Bog Cranberry
Vaccinium oxycoccos
keystone
caterpillars
153
bees
9
hosts
1
food
44
flowers
54
shelter
1
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Velvetleaf Blueberry
Vaccinium myrtilloides
keystone
caterpillars
148
bees
9
food
37
flowers
55
shelter
1
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Bog Bilberry
Vaccinium uliginosum
keystone
caterpillars
148
bees
4
hosts
1
food
45
flowers
56
shelter
1
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Dwarf Bilberry
Vaccinium cespitosum
keystone
caterpillars
146
bees
5
hosts
2
food
37
flowers
50
shelter
1
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Lingonberry
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
keystone
caterpillars
142
bees
8
food
46
flowers
54
shelter
1
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Black Highbush Blueberry
Vaccinium fuscatum
keystone
caterpillars
138
bees
11
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
47
shelter
1
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Deerberry
Vaccinium stamineum
keystone
caterpillars
135
bees
11
hosts
1
food
38
flowers
51
shelter
1
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Oval-leaf Blueberry
Vaccinium ovalifolium
keystone
caterpillars
123
bees
1
hosts
1
food
32
flowers
40
shelter
1
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Northern Blueberry
Vaccinium boreale
keystone
caterpillars
122
bees
5
food
33
flowers
40
shelter
1
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Thinleaf Huckleberry
Vaccinium membranaceum
keystone
caterpillars
121
bees
1
hosts
1
food
32
flowers
48
shelter
1
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Bearberry
Vaccinium erythrocarpum
keystone
caterpillars
105
bees
2
hosts
1
food
31
flowers
41
shelter
1