Blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosum
The story
Originally native to eastern Canada and the eastern and southern United States—ranging from Ontario to Nova Scotia and south to Florida and Texas—the northern highbush blueberry has traveled far. In the 20th century, it transitioned from a wild North American plant to a cultivated crop of global economic importance, eventually naturalizing in places as distant as Europe, Japan, and New Zealand.
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- Family
- Ericaceae
How to use it
This species is of major economic importance as a cultivated agricultural food crop. Dozens of commercial cultivars have been developed for the production of fresh fruit.
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In the kitchen
The northern highbush blueberry is a highly significant food crop, widely cultivated for its fresh fruit. It became commonly grown as a fresh fruit crop during the 20th century, and today dozens of commercial cultivars are available for culinary use.
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About
Vaccinium corymbosum, the northern highbush blueberry, is a North American species of blueberry which has become a food crop of significant economic importance. It is native to eastern Canada and the eastern and southern United States, from Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south as far as Florida and eastern Texas. It is also naturalized in other places: Europe, Japan, New Zealand, the Pacific Northwest of North America, etc. Other common names include blue huckleberry, tall...
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Blueberry
- Slug
- blueberry
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Species
- corymbosum
- Category
- Misc
- Wikidata QID
- Q468695
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
Generated sections & citations
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