| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium myrtilloides Michx. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 234 (1803) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to n. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Altitude | 0-1700m |
| Description | branchlets green-brown, hirsute, leaves deciduous, green, elliptic, 2-4cm, membranous, entire, hirsute, calyx green, glabrous, corolla urceolate, 3-5mm long, berry blue |
| Size | 10-90cm |
| Color | white, rose |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Cyanococcus canadensis (Kalm ex Richardson) Rydb. Vaccinium album Lam. Vaccinium angustifolium var. myrtilloides (Michx.) House Vaccinium canadense Kalm ex Richardson |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) |