| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium cespitosum Michx. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 234 (1803) |
| Native Range | Subarctic America to n. & wc. USA, ne. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Altitude | 0-4500m |
| Description | leaves alternate, obovate, bright shiny green, dentate, flowers solitary, axillary, on thin, curvate pedicels, urceolate, pentamerous, berry blue or black, 5-9mm |
| Size | 5-50cm |
| Color | white, rose |
| Bloom | early summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Vaccinium arbuscula (A.Gray) Merr. Vaccinium cespitosum var. angustifolium A.Gray Vaccinium cespitosum var. arbuscula A.Gray Vaccinium cespitosum var. cuneifolium Nutt. Vaccinium cespitosum var. paludicola (Camp) Hultén Vaccinium nivictum Camp Vaccinium paludicola Camp |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (LAB Labrador, NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (MAI Maine, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, VER Vermont) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |