Blue Ridge Blueberry

Vaccinium pallidum Aiton

Heath family

Plant Type
Subshrub, Shrub
Life Cycle
Perennial
Flower Color
White, Red, Pink
Bloom Time
Mid Spring

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Tolerant

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Host Achatia distincta, Acleris curvalana, Acleris maculidorsana, Acronicta impleta, Alsophila pometaria, Amphipyra pyramidoides, Anacamptodes humaria, Archips argyrospila, Callophrys augustinus, Callophrys henrici, Caloptilia vacciniella, Catocala gracilis, Choristoneura rosaceana, Chrysanympha formosa, Cladara limitaria, Colias interior, Cosmia calami, Cyclophora pendulinaria, Dasychira basiflava, Dasychira obliquata, Dichomeris vacciniella, Egira alternans, Eubaphe mendica, Eupsilia sidus, Hemaris gracilis, Hesperumia sulphuraria, Himella fidelis, Lithophane antennata, Melanolophia canadaria, Merolonche dolli, Olethreutes appendiceum, Olethreutes lacunana, Olethreutes permundana, Orthosia garmani, Orthosia rubescens, Pandemis decoralis, Pandemis limitata, Paonias astylus, Pseudexentera vaccinii, Scopula limboundata, Sparganothis directana, Sparganothis reticulatana, Sparganothis unifasciana, Stigmella corylifoliella, Xystopeplus rufago

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Ontario

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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