Shrubs or trees, trunks to 35 cm diam. at breast height; twigs of current season reddish green, glabrous, glaucous, or glandular-hairy, not verrucose. Leaf blades pale green, glaucous, obovate to oblong, 22–40 × 12–20 mm, coriaceous, surfaces glabrous or glandular-hairy abaxially, glabrous and lustrous adaxially. Inflorescence bracts ± persistent. Pedicels slender, 0.8–1.2 cm. Flowers: calyx 21–29 × 7–13 mm; corolla white, 3–5 mm; filaments ciliate. Berries shiny black, 7–9 mm diam. 2n = 24.

Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Sandy or rocky habitats, usually xeric woodlands
Elevation: 0-800 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Vaccinium arboreum is rare and local in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, and Virginia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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