Vaccinium fuscatum, the black highbush blueberry or hairy highbush blueberry, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family (Ericaceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in Ontario, Canada and the eastern United States. Its typical natural habitat is wet areas such as bogs, pocosins, and swamps.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Black Highbush Blueberry being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Vaccinium virgatum
- Vaccinium corymbosum
- Vaccinium elliottii
- Vaccinium hirsutum
- Vaccinium pallidum
- Vaccinium tenellum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Ericales
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Species
- Vaccinium fuscatum
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