Bog Blueberry
Vaccinium uliginosum L. - Heath family
Size
Mature Height: Up to around 24 inches
Plant Type: Subshrub, Shrub
Features
Flower Color: White, Pink
Conspicuous Flowers: Yes
Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer
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 Bog Blueberry: Actebia fennica, Argyrotaenia mariana, Clossiana freija, Clossiana freija freija, Clossiana selene, Colias palaeno, Colias palaeno chippewa, Gynaephora groenlandica, Paonias astylus, Rheumaptera hastata, Semiothisa bicolorata, Sphinx gordius, Xanthorhoe incursata
Native Range
- USA: Alaska, California, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Utah, Vermont, Washington, Wyoming
- CAN: Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan, Yukon
- DEN: Greenland
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.