An edible deciduous shrub found along riverbanks, thickets, and bottom land forests. The flowers are pale pink, bell-shaped, and open in the early spring before the new leaves appear. It is similar to other blueberry species but differs in the fact that it has smaller leaves with a length of only 1″ long and numerous slender round hairy stems. Berries form in summer and the leaves turn bright red in fall.
Blueberry (vaccinium) species have special value to native bees, specifically our native Blueberry Bees (Habropoda laboriosa)
Least Concern
