Blue Ridge Blueberry
Vaccinium pallidum Aiton - Heath family
Size
Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Red, Pink
Bloom Time: Mid Spring
Conditions
Shade Tolerance: Tolerant
Ecosystem Interactions
Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Species depending on Blue Ridge Blueberry: Achatia distincta, Acleris curvalana, Acleris maculidorsana, Acronicta impleta, Alsophila pometaria, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Anacamptodes humaria, Archips argyrospila, Callophrys augustinus, Callophrys henrici, Caloptilia vacciniella, Catocala gracilis, Choristoneura rosaceana, Chrysanympha formosa, Cladara limitaria, Colias interior, Cosmia calami, Cyclophora pendulinaria, Dasychira basiflava, Dasychira obliquata, Dichomeris vacciniella, Egira alternans, Eubaphe mendica, Eupsilia sidus, Hemaris gracilis, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Himella fidelis, Lithophane antennata, Melanolophia canadaria, Merolonche dolli, Olethreutes appendiceum, Olethreutes lacunana, Olethreutes permundana, Orthosia garmani, Orthosia rubescens, Pandemis decoralis, Pandemis limitata, Paonias astylus, Pseudexentera vaccinii, Scopula limboundata, Sparganothis directana, Sparganothis reticulatana, Sparganothis unifasciana, Stigmella corylifoliella, Xystopeplus rufago
Native Range
- USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
- CAN: Ontario
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.