Vaccinium angustifolium

Ericaceae

Mountain, Piedmont

District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

Low Shrub

1 - 2ft

1 - 2ft

Pink, White

Berry; Black, Blue

Full Sun, Partial Sun

Clay, Loamy, Sandy

Dry, Moist

May - June

red

dry woods and barrens, rock outcroppings

edible berries often harvested, makes a nice ground layer; This is one of the best flavored and productive of our wildberries and is the type harvested commercially in Maine; furnish browse for deer; the fruits are eaten by ruffed grouse, wild turkey, black bear, squirrels, raccon, foxes, other mammals and many s