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PLANTS

Bog blueberry

Vaccinium uliginosum

Plants
NativeShrubPerennialPurple flowers
Bog blueberry, photo 1 of 5
Bog blueberry, In flower
Bog blueberry, Flower buds
61 cmHeight

Perennial shrub reaching 61 cm. Grows in forests and in conifers.

There are 1,270 observations of Bog blueberry in Québec, mostly in Côte-Nord, Nord-du-Québec and Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and August and become rare from October to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Côte-Nord648
  2. Nord-du-Québec306
  3. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine153
  4. Capitale-Nationale99
  5. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean51
  6. Lanaudière5
  7. Bas-Saint-Laurent5
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue3

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
ConifersTaskoff
MarshVyacheslav Argenberg
MountainAntoine Dervin

Similar species

LingonberryVaccinium vitis-idaea
Dwarf bilberryVaccinium cespitosum
Lowbush blueberryVaccinium angustifolium
BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursi
Alaska blueberryVaccinium ovalifolium
Japanese barberryBerberis thunbergii
Blue honeysuckleLonicera caerulea
Alpine bearberryArctous alpina
SweetgaleMyrica gale
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
Snowbed willowSalix herbacea
SaskatoonAmelanchier alnifolia