Blueberries (Vaccinium)

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..... pale beneath hairy beneath green on both sides shining; finely toothed much paler beneath
4 petals; narrow bell bog bilberry (3.uliginosum = marshy) X; bogs or muskeg; s to n NY ..... ..... ..... .....
5 petals ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
wide, open bell deerberry (1.stamineum = staminal, exsert stamens) berries green or purplish; dry woods; ME to FL ..... ..... ..... .....
Japanese lantern ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
1/4" long, under 3' high ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
white fls ..... ..... early low b.b. (11.angustifolium = narrow-leaved) fr us blue-glaucous; moist or dry, sandy or rocky soil, often in burned-over sites; LB to NJ, PA & in mts to NC ..... .....
greenish fls ..... velvetleaf b.b. (13.myrtilloides = like V. myrtillus) fr blue w/ hvy bloom; moist or dry soil & bogs; LB to PA ..... dwarf bilberry (4.cespitosum = growing in tufts or patches) X; s to n NY .....
deep pink, greenish-pink or purplish fls ..... ..... ..... ..... late low b.b. (12.pallidum = lf pale underneath) dry upland woods & old fields; berries us blue-glaucous; ME to GA
1/2" long; over 3' high; white or pinkish fls ..... highbush b.b. (14.corymbosum = fls in corymbs) lvs hairyh or glabrous; open swamps & bogs or sometimes in upland woods or in old fields; berries blue or shiny black; ME to FL ..... ..... .....