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Blueberry Mountain is a mountain located in western Maine. [2] Named because of the abundant blueberries on its summit and upper slopes, it is a popular day hike. The summit area is partially open and has good views over Evans Notch and toward North and South Baldface in New Hampshire. It is ascended by the White Cairn, Stone House, and ...
The wild lowbush blueberry is the Nova Scotian Provincial Berry. [22] Oxford, Nova Scotia, is nicknamed the "Wild Blueberry Capital of Canada". [23] It is also the state fruit of Maine. [24] Maine's state dessert is blueberry pie made with wild blueberries. [25]
The Western Lakes and Mountains region spans most of Maine's western border with New Hampshire. A small part of the scenic White Mountain National Forest is located in this area. The region consists of Oxford County , Androscoggin County , Franklin County , as well as northern York and interior Cumberland counties.
Maine is known for its wild blueberries, [27] but the state's lowbush (wild) and highbush blueberries combined account for 10% of all blueberries grown in North America. Some 44,000 hectares (110,000 acres) are farmed, but only half of this acreage is harvested each year due to variations in pruning practices. [ 28 ]
Osmia atriventris, sometimes referred to as the Maine blueberry bee, is a megachilid bee native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia to Alberta in the north, and Iowa to Georgia in the south. [1] This solitary bee normally gathers pollen from many different flowers, but will pollinate blueberries, and is sometimes used commercially for ...
A reader asks Asheville Answer Woman about wild blueberry season in Western North Carolina, where to go and best time to go. ... Graveyard Fields (Milepost 418.8 about 35 miles southwest of Asheville)
1884 photo of Blueberry Ledge, 137 Peabody Dr., Northeast Harbor, Maine. Designed by Peabody and Stearns for Charles William Eliot. Licensing.
Vaccinium myrtilloides hybridizes in the wild with V. angustifolium (lowbush blueberry). [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It is an important food source for black bears , deer , small mammals, and birds.