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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 ]
The lowbush blueberry is native to central and eastern Canada (from Manitoba to Newfoundland) as well as north-central and eastern United States [8] (growing as far south as the Great Smoky Mountains and west to the Great Lakes region). [9] [10] In its native habitat the plant grows in open conifer woods, old fields, and sandy or rocky balds. [11]
Blueberry pie made with wild Maine blueberries: 2011 [52] [53] State treat: Whoopie pie: 2011 [54] ... State native pepper: Chiltepin: 1997 ... Wisconsin: State grain ...
The berries were collected and used in Native American cuisine in areas where V. corymbosum grew natively. [12] Many wild species of Vaccinium are thought to have been cultivated by Native Americans for thousands of years, with intentional crop burnings in northeastern areas being apparent from archeological evidence. [5]
Vaccinium formosum is a deciduous shrub that grows to approximately 4–4.5 metres (13–15 ft) tall. [1] [2] The plant has green stems that turn into woody growth as the stems age. [2]
Vaccinium myrtilloides is a low spreading deciduous shrub growing up to 50 centimetres (20 in) tall, [4] often spreading to form small thickets. Young stems have stiff dense bristly hairs.
The sighting is the first for the species in Wisconsin. A fieldfare, a thrush native to Europe, was spotted Feb. 14 in Ashland. ... it is an extremely rare visitor to the interior of North America ...
Vaccinium / v æ k ˈ s ɪ n i ə m / [3] is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry.