Details for: PI 618216, Vaccinium cespitosum Michx., V. cespitosum


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.
Top Name:
V. cespitosum
Origin:
Collected – Washington, United States
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.
Top Name:
V. cespitosum
Origin:
Collected – Washington, United States
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1999
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
03 September 1997.
Washington, United States
Locality: Several hundred yards southwest of junction of FS 20 and FS 30, along trail leading east from Frog Lake. Sawtooth Berry Fields, NE corner of Indian Heaven Wilderness Area, Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
Coordinates: 46.0958, -121.7761 (Map it)
Elevation: 1221m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/lon determined by GPS
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Numerous colonies, often in rings around trees in dry bog area. V. delicosum and V. membranaceum abundant. V. caespitosum present. Tsuga heterophylla and Abies amabilis were most often at center of berry colonies.
Comment: There is concern that the berry fields, which have been harvested by the Yakima Indians for generations, are being overgrown with trees.
Collector(s):
Donated
04 February 1999.
Idaho, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
V. cespitosum
Type: Collector identifier
Group: SPECIES
accession preserved for genes
Barney, Dan L. University of Idaho

VACP 002
Type: Collector identifier
Barney, Dan L. University of Idaho

VACP 002
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 1369
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

BLUEBERRY
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative
Dan Barney collection
Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Myrtillus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

40996
Place of publication:

Fl. bor.-amer. 1:234. 1803
Verified:
01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium geminiflorum Kunth

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdwarf bilberry  1Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
Frenchairelle gazonnante  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: lists as "caespitosum"
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Description:
Collected from the wild in Washington