Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg ex Coville

Vaccinium scoparium Leiberg ex Coville is an accepted species name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2009.

Vernacular names

• airelle à fruits roses Porsild, 1974
• airelle à tige mince Secrétariat d'État du Canada, 1974.

• grouseberry Vander Kloet, 1988
• dwarf red whortleberry Vander Kloet, 1988
• grouse whortleberry FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• little-leaved huckleberry ITIS, 2010
• red alpine blueberry Vander Kloet, 1988
• small-leaved huckleberry Vander Kloet, 1988

Synonyms

• Vaccinium erythrococcum Rydberg FNA Ed. Comm., 2009
• Vaccinium myrtillus var. microphyllum Hooker FNA Ed. Comm., 2009

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Subfamily	Vaccinioideae
Tribe	Vaccinieae
Genus	Vaccinium
Section	Vaccinium sect. Myrtillus
Species	Vaccinium scoparium

Habit

Shrub