Vaccinium darrowii

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ERICACEAE
Species:Vaccinium darrowii Camp
Common Name:Darrow's Blueberry
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:VADA
Plant Notes:Darrow’s Blueberry is a native evergreen shrub in the Heath family (Ericaceae). It is found in the southern half of Alabama. Darrow’s Blueberry occurs in sandhills, in scrub oak woods, and in dry pine or mixed pine/hardwood forests. It often forms low thickets. Darrow’s Blueberry is a multi-trunked shrub with a bushy, rounded form. The younger stems are green in color, glaucous, and pubescent. Plants are generally from 1-3 feet in height, but may reach 4 feet on occasion. It has alternate, short petiolate, coriaceous leaves that are elliptical in outline and have entire margins. The leaves are small (7-11 mm long, 3-5 mm broad) and often have in-rolled margins. The leaves are glabrous or minutely pubescent along the midrib on the lower surface of the leaf and are glaucous and bluish-green in color. The leaves lack glands on the underside. Flowers are produced in fascicles of 2-6 on wood of the previous season’s growth. Flowers are produced before or with the emergence of new leaves. The flowers are elongated bell-shaped (urceolate) and white or pinkish in color. The fruit is a glaucous blue berry. Darrow’s Blueberries are readily consumed by a variety of wildlife and by humans. In rural parts of Alabama, they are often called “huckleberries” to separate them from their larger, blue fruited relatives. The twigs of Darrow’s Blueberry are an important browse for deer. This species is sometimes available from native wildflower nurseries. It prefers full to partial sun, and acidic soil. Plants often sucker and these can be separated and moved to form new plants.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FACU (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyERICACEAE - Heath family
Genus Vaccinium
Species Vaccinium darrowii Camp - Darrow's Blueberry

Citation

Citation Vaccinium darrowii Camp, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 69(3): 240. 1942.
Basionym: REPLACED: Vaccinium myrsinites var. glaucum A. Gray 1878.
Type: USA: ALABAMA: Without data (lectotype: GH(bottom right specimen)). Lectotypified by Vander Kloet, Taxon 38: 131. 1989.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Cyanococcus myrsinites var. glaucum    
Vaccinium myrsinites var. glaucum Vaccinium myrsinites Lamarck, var. glaucum A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 21. 1878. ALABAMA: Without data (lectotype: GH(bottom right specimen)). Lectotypified by Vander Kloet, Taxon 38: 131. 1989.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Escambia, Houston, Marengo, Mobile, Montgomery, Pike

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1966 - 1993

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_70411 Covington 20 Jun 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3346		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_12241 Bullock 30 Apr 1965 Koelling, Alfred C.
2277		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000046871 Baldwin 11 Apr 1975 Lelong, Michel G.
8310		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_72568 Baldwin 21 Feb 2008 Barger, T. Wayne
PERD-200		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
UNA00013648 Autauga 28 Sep 1966 McDaniel, Sidney
7761		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_63500 Conecuh 22 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14297		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000034613 Montgomery 01 Jul 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21287		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
USAM000005746 Mobile 14 May 1978 LeLong, Michel G.
10161		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000032554 Barbour 26 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21989		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_66064 Crenshaw 13 May 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16371		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000039269 Conecuh 15 Jun 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
25217		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_19770 Baldwin 3 May 1969 Moore, Harold D.
168-69		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_64739 Mobile 23 Mar 1970 Taylor, John
6367		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_63744 Escambia 8 Jun 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14433		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
ALNHS00008589 Mobile 12 May 1993 Oberholster, Chris
CO#687		 ALNHS
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_67671 Escambia 28 Feb 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3244		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
USAM000005753 Clarke 04 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39696		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000004473 Escambia 08 Jun 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14433		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
JSU122553 Baldwin 11 Aug 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
4305		 JSU
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000049204 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4154		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA000030756 Escambia 23 Mar 2011 Hansen, Curtis J.
4983		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000004471 Dale 15 May 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13178		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_50136 Crenshaw 26 Mar 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
5773		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000048596 Autauga 20 Mar 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1548		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_46021 Escambia 30 May 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3299		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
UWAL0048070 Bullock 20 May 2019 Horne, Howard E.
4805		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0034338 Houston 07 May 1995 Kral, Robert
84539		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_63793 Escambia 21 Jul 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14505		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000004506 Pike 17 May 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
s.n.		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UNA00062991 Covington 10 Jun 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14437		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000004470 Crenshaw 05 May 2002 Diamond, Alvin R.
13132		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
SAMF0004115 Bullock 17 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
721		 SAMF
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000004467 Butler 25 Jun 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15506		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
ALNHS00005591 Escambia 28 Mar 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3636		 ALNHS
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UNA00073728 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4154		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA000042345 Baldwin 30 Jun 1926 Wolf, Wolfgang
2629		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_26932 Crenshaw 28 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34593		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000039157 Conecuh 17 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24972		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
USAM000005748 Baldwin 11 Apr 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8307		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0015834 Conecuh 17 Apr 2014 Diamond, Alvin R.
24972		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
USAM000005749 Baldwin 09 Jun 1969 Kral, Robert
35193		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000004468 Conecuh 22 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14297		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA000030707 Covington 9 Feb 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4580		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000036011 Barbour 01 Jun 2012 Minton, Eric W.
31		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0004845 Barbour 26 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21989		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000030037 Escambia 28 Feb 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3244		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
JSU122554 Elmore 30 Jul 1978 Kral, Robert
62339		 JSU
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000004474 Escambia 10 Jun 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14437		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0012341 Bullock 17 May 2012 Dykes, Bailee
721		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_70834 Butler 20 Sep 2010 Webb, Wayne K.
 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
USAM000005754 Mobile 22 Jul 1968 Scott, D.L.
104		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UNA00062162 Conecuh 22 Mar 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14297		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_58058 Crenshaw 17 May 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11251		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000004504 Coffee 10 Apr 2000 Martin, Brian H.
523		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA000042613 Covington 4 Jun 2008 Pancake, Jr., Dale C.
S.N.		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
ALNHS00004897 Escambia 09 May 2017 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#3062		 ALNHS
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0046488 Autauga 20 Mar 2018 Parker, Matthew R.
1548		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_65170 Butler 25 Jun 2005 Diamond, Alvin R.
15506		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000004472 Escambia 21 Jul 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14505		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0043854 Baldwin 04 Jun 2000 Larsen, Harry S.
367		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA000031241 Covington 17 May 2010 Hansen, Curtis J.
4685		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_50415 Pike 21 Feb 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
5694		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
TROY000004305 Escambia 07 Apr 1995 Brittain, Cynthia L.
60		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0007500 Escambia 28 Feb 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3244		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UNA00060455 Mobile 12 Dec 2002 Zebryk, Tad M.
8132		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
SAMF0004116 Autauga 18 May 2011 Davenport, Lawrence J.
4702		 SAMF
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000004469 Crenshaw 13 May 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16371		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UNA00013653 Clarke 04 Jun 1970 Kral, Robert
39696		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UNA00045754 Houston 14 Jun 1993 MacDonald, John R.
6282		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0013034 Butler 26 Mar 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23861		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_12655 Pike 30 Apr 1965 Valentine, Gary
 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
USAM000005747 Mobile 08 May 1969 Scott, D.L.
298		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UNA00062923 Covington 21 Jul 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14505		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
USAM000005750 Crenshaw 28 Apr 1969 Kral, Robert
34593		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000004505 Coffee 03 May 2000 Martin, Brian H.
688		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_63739 Escambia 10 Jun 2004 Diamond, Alvin R.
14437		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
UWAL0017431 Marengo 20 Apr 2013 England, J. Kevin
4154		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0038340 Baldwin 11 Apr 1975 LeLong, Michel G.
8310		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_69564 Covington 15 Aug 2008 Hansen, Curtis J.
3507		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_53253 Covington 4 Jun 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8311		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
UNA00013643 Houston 12 Jul 1978 Davenport, Lawrence J.
543		 UNA
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
UWAL0043855 Baldwin 11 Nov 2000 West, Chan
654		 UWAL
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
AUA_ACC_52910 Dale 21 Mar 1992 Diamond, Alvin R.
8032		 AUA
Vaccinium Darrowii Camp
ALNHS00001240 Mobile 20 Mar 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#495		 ALNHS
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
USAM000005751 Mobile 12 May 1967 LeLong, Michel G.
3154		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
TROY000032662 Barbour 26 Apr 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
21986		 TROY
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
USAM000005752 Mobile 05 Apr 1968 LeLong, Michel G.
4294.2		 USAM
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
ALNHS00002241 Clarke 15 May 2013 Horne, Howard E.
SWS-224		 ALNHS
Vaccinium darrowii Camp
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