Genus

Vaccinium (Blueberries, cranberries, and allies)

Vaccinium ovatum. Photo: (c) James Gaither, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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Vaccinium /vækˈsɪniəm/ is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family. The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry or whortleberry, lingonberry or cowberry, and huckleberry. Like many other ericaceous plants, they are generally restricted to acidic soils.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Ericales (Heathers, balsams, primroses, and allies)
        Family: Ericaceae (Heath family)
        Subfamily: Vaccinioideae (Blueberries, cranberries, huckleberries, and allies)
        Tribe: Vaccinieae
        Genus: Vaccinium (Blueberries, cranberries, and allies)
        Species: Vaccinium parvifolium (Red huckleberry)
        Species: Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog bilberry)
        Species: Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen huckleberry)

Subtaxa

Species: Vaccinium parvifolium (Red huckleberry)

Species: Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog bilberry)

Species: Vaccinium ovatum (Evergreen huckleberry)

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