Vaccinium uliginosum L.

  • Filed As

    Ericaceae
    Vaccinium uliginosum L.

  • Collector(s)

    J. C. Lyman 5175, 24 Jul 1995

  • Location

    United States of America. Alaska. Fairbanks North Star Borough. S side of Harding Lake Rd, 1.126km (by air) E of a little lake, NW 1/4, Section 12.

  • Habitat

    Growing under Black Spruce. Assoc w/ Ledum groenlandica, Vaccinium uliginosum. Sphagnum moss wetland.

  • Description

    Shrub, depressed or ascending, strongly branched; leaves coriaceous; berry dark blue.

  • Collection Notes

    Received 8/20/95

  • Specimen Notes

    deposit NY - 3/25/96; MO - 3/25/98

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 43476

    Occurrence ID: d1db358a-466e-40f3-a108-369a62cbece7

  • Local Name

    blueberry

  • Language
    English
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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Ericales

  • Family

    Ericaceae

  • All Determinations

    Vaccinium uliginosum L. det J. C. Lyman, 1995

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Alaska

  • County/Municipio

    Fairbanks North Star Borough

  • Locality

    S side of Harding Lake Rd, 1.126km (by air) E of a little lake, NW 1/4, Section 12

  • Elevation

    Alt. 68 m. (223 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    64.4, -146.87

  • Distribution

    Map all specimens of this taxon

  • Level 1 Use

    FOOD/FOOD ADDITIVES/BEVERAGES

  • Level 2 Use

    Unspecified (Food/Food Additives/Beverages)

  • Level 3 Use

    Comestible

The New York Botanical Garden
INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC BOTANY
Pfizer Collections and Extractions
ERICACEAE
Vacci nium uiigi nosum L.
det. J. Lyman, 1995
USA Alaska. Fairbanks Northstar. NW 1/4 S12, on S
of Harding Lake Rd. 1.126 airkm E of a little lake.
64 24 N, I46°52'W. 68m. Assoc w/ Ledum groenlàndica
vacci mum ulignosum. Growing in sphagnum moss wetland
under Blackspruce.
side
Shrub depressed or ascending;
coriaceous; berry dark blue.
strongly branched; leaves
Blueberry [English].
Comestible {fruit}
es: 517
N.V.
USE:
Pfizer Sample codés
Jenny Lyman 5175
5a ST+LF+FR(JCL-26)
July 24, 1995
Fieldwork supported by Pfizer, Inc.
Voucher for pharmaceutical screening
00043476