Tag: Lowbush blueberry

40/150: Feeling a bit on the BLUE side? Fight the blue with BLUEberries!

Apr 7, 2017

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by

Sarah Chan

in #Biodiversity150

Plantae: Magnoliophyta: Magnoliopsida: Ericales: Ericaceae: Vaccinioideae: Vaccinium: Vaccinium angustifolium (Aiton) The lowbush blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium) are a widely cultivated commercial plant crop with Canada being the largest producer of them. Lowbush blueberries are unique in that growers do not plant them, instead they manage wild stands of them.