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Lowbush blueberry

Vaccinium angustifolium

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialWhite flowersjuin
Lowbush blueberry, photo 1 of 5
Lowbush blueberry, In flower
Lowbush blueberry, In fruit
61 cmHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 61 cm. Grows near water and in urban areas. White flowers, in June.

There are 13,555 observations of Lowbush blueberry in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak from June to August and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord3,411
  2. Nord-du-Québec2,533
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2,366
  4. Abitibi-Témiscamingue2,071
  5. Mauricie983
  6. Outaouais585
  7. Capitale-Nationale322
  8. Laurentides318
  9. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine284
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent233
  11. Chaudière-Appalaches151
  12. Lanaudière126
  13. Estrie71
  14. Centre-du-Québec53
  15. Montérégie44
  16. Montréal4

Habitat

Water’s edgepeupleloup
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Similar species

Velvetleaf blueberryVaccinium myrtilloides
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
Black huckleberryGaylussacia baccata
Dwarf bilberryVaccinium cespitosum
Bog blueberryVaccinium uliginosum
Northern blueberryVaccinium boreale
LeatherleafChamaedaphne calyculata
Black chokeberryAronia melanocarpa
Alaska blueberryVaccinium ovalifolium
Bog huckleberryGaylussacia bigeloviana
CheckerberryGaultheria procumbens
LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaea