Vaccinium corymbosum
The story
Long before it became a global crop, the northern highbush blueberry grew wild across North America, from Ontario east to Nova Scotia and south to Florida and Texas. In the 20th century, human curiosity transformed this wild species into a highly successful cultivated crop. Today, this plant has traveled far from its original home, establishing itself in the soils of Europe, Japan, and New Zealand.
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- Family
- Ericaceae
How to use it
This species is widely cultivated as a major commercial food crop. It is highly valued for its fresh fruit production, with dozens of specialized cultivars developed for agricultural use.
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In the kitchen
The northern highbush blueberry is a highly significant food crop, commonly cultivated for its fresh fruit. It became a popular fresh fruit crop during the 20th century.
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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
- Vaccinium corymbosum
- Slug
- vaccinium-corymbosum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Genus
- Vaccinium
- Species
- corymbosum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 40
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