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PLANTS

Alaska blueberry

Vaccinium ovalifolium

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialPurple flowers
Alaska blueberry, photo 1 of 5
Alaska blueberry, In flower
Alaska blueberry, In fruit
2.4 mHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 2.4 m. Grows in conifers and in forests.

There are 332 observations of Alaska blueberry in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, and it has been reported in 6 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and July and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord158
  2. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine60
  3. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean60
  4. Nord-du-Québec26
  5. Capitale-Nationale19
  6. Bas-Saint-Laurent9

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersCephas

Similar species

Bog blueberryVaccinium uliginosum
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
TOXIC
Common SnowberrySymphoricarpos albus
SaskatoonAmelanchier alnifolia
Lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifolium
Dwarf bilberryVaccinium cespitosum
Black huckleberryGaylussacia baccata
Blue honeysuckleLonicera caerulea
Blue cohoshCaulophyllum thalictroides
TOXIC
Black locustRobinia pseudoacacia
Velvetleaf blueberryVaccinium myrtilloides