View source for Vaccinium scoparium

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Vaccinium scoparium
|accepted_authority=Leiberg ex Coville
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|place=5: 103. 1897 ,
}}
|common_names=Grouse whortleberry
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Vaccinium myrtillus var. microphyllum
|authority=Hooker
|rank=variety
|publication_title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication_place=2: 33. 1834
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Vaccinium erythrococcum
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Ericaceae;Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae;Vaccinium;Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus;Vaccinium scoparium
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ericaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Vaccinium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Vaccinium scoparium]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 516
|treatment_page=page 522
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>forming extensive colonies, 0.7–2 dm, rhizomatous; twigs green, angled, glabrous; ultimate branches compact, often forming broomlike clumps or tufts. <b>Leaf</b> blades pale green abaxially, elliptic, lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, 7–11 × 4–6 mm, margins finely serrulate, surfaces glabrous. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx pale green, lobes vestigial, glabrous; corolla pink, globose to urceolate, 3–4 × 3–4 mm, thin, glaucous; filaments glabrous. <b>Berries</b> red, ± translucent, or bluish purple, 4–6 mm diam. <b>Seeds</b> ca. 1 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early-mid summer.
|habitat=Alpine and subalpine meadows, heaths, talus slopes
|elevation=700-3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>The soft, tart, bright red berries of <i>Vaccinium scoparium</i>, to 6 mm diameter, have fair to good flavor and were gathered and eaten raw by the Kootenay, Okanogan, Shuswap, and other Indian tribes. Harvesting was probably done using wooden or fish-bone combs. Small fruit size, low yields, and difficult harvesting make commercial prospects for <i>V. scoparium</i> questionable.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Vaccinium scoparium
|authority=Leiberg ex Coville
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Vaccinium erythrococcum
|basionyms=Vaccinium myrtillus var. microphyllum
|family=Ericaceae
|phenology=Flowering early-mid summer.
|habitat=Alpine and subalpine meadows, heaths, talus slopes
|elevation=700-3000 m
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;S.Dak.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb.
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_1015.xml
|subfamily=Ericaceae subfam. Vaccinioideae
|genus=Vaccinium
|section=Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus
|species=Vaccinium scoparium
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