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Highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, is a deciduous shrub in the heath family native to eastern North America. It produces clusters of blue to blue-black fruits and is a principal source of commercially cultivated blueberries, with varieties selected for climate, ripening season, fruit quality,...

Vaccinium myrtillus, commonly called bilberry, is a low-growing shrub in the heath family native across much of Europe and parts of northern Asia. It bears small blue-black berries whose flesh is dark and strongly pigmented, unlike the pale interior of many cultivated blueberries. The fruit contains...

Erica arborea 'Albert's Gold' is a named garden cultivar of Erica arborea, the tree heath, an evergreen shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. It is grown for its yellow to golden foliage, which provides color outside the plant's flowering period, while its narrow leaves and upright woody growth retai...

Vaccinium membranaceum, commonly called black huckleberry or thinleaf huckleberry, is a deciduous shrub native to forests and mountain regions of western North America. It produces dark purple to nearly black edible berries that are gathered by people and eaten by wildlife, while its underground ste...

Lingonberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, is a low-growing evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae, native across boreal and Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It produces small red berries with a distinctly tart flavor and commonly grows in forests, heathlands, and tundra. The fruit is wid...

The American cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, is a low-growing evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae, native to acidic wetlands in eastern North America. It produces firm red berries with a notably tart flavor and is the principal cranberry species cultivated commercially in the United Sta...

Erica mackayana, commonly called Mackay's heath, is a flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It has a restricted western European distribution, occurring in northwestern Spain and in parts of Ireland, where it is associated with acidic, moist heathland and related habitats. The species forms...

Vaccinium virgatum, commonly called rabbiteye blueberry, is a deciduous shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae, native to the southeastern United States. Its common name refers to the pinkish appearance of the fruit before it ripens to blue. The species is adapted to long, warm growing seasons and is...

O'Neal is an early-ripening southern highbush blueberry cultivar developed at North Carolina State University and released in 1987. It was bred for regions with relatively mild winters and has lower chilling requirements than many northern highbush cultivars, making it useful in parts of the southea...

Vaccinium ovatum, commonly called evergreen huckleberry, is an evergreen shrub in the heath family native to the Pacific coast of North America, from British Columbia south through California. It bears small pinkish flowers followed by dark purple to black edible berries, which have long been gather...

Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, commonly known as spiked heath, is a flowering shrub in the Ericaceae family native to southeastern Europe, particularly the Balkan region and parts of Turkey. The plant is characterized by its spherical pink flowers and needle-like leaves, typically growing in alpine and...

Sunshine Blue is a compact southern highbush blueberry cultivar developed for cultivation in regions with relatively mild winters. It is self-fertile, has a low chilling requirement commonly reported at about 150 hours, and produces pink flowers followed by edible blueberries. Its semi-dwarf, densel...

Snowchaser is a southern highbush blueberry cultivar developed by the University of Florida for commercial production in warm regions with mild winters. It has a low chilling requirement and ripens particularly early, allowing growers to harvest fruit near the beginning of the Florida blueberry seas...

"Pink Lemonade" is a cultivar of hybrid blueberry developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and released in the mid-2000s. Unlike conventional blueberries, this deciduous shrub produces mature berries with a distinct bright pink coloration rather than the standard dark blue. Th...

Gaultheria shallon is an evergreen shrub native to the Pacific Coast of North America, whose dark purple berries were one of the most important plant foods for coastal Indigenous peoples and were dried in large quantities for winter storage.

Peach Sorbet is a compact cultivated blueberry in the genus Vaccinium, developed by Fall Creek Farm & Nursery and grown for both ornamental foliage and edible fruit. Its leaves change through shades of pink, orange, green, and purple as the seasons progress, while white spring flowers are followed b...

Red huckleberry, Vaccinium parvifolium, is a deciduous shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae, native to the Pacific coastal region of North America. It produces small red berries with a tart flavor and commonly grows in coniferous forests, including on decaying wood and other acidic sites. The fruit...

Vaccinium uliginosum, commonly called bog bilberry or bog blueberry, is a deciduous shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native across subarctic and temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere and typically grows in acidic, peaty, wet or subalpine habitats. The plant bears blue to black berries...

Gaultheria procumbens is a low North American woodland plant whose leaves and red berries contain methyl salicylate, the compound that gives wintergreen flavoring its characteristic taste and that served as a precursor to aspirin.

Arbutus unedo, commonly called the strawberry tree, is an evergreen shrub or small tree of the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean region and parts of western Ireland, and bears urn-shaped white to pink flowers and rough, orange-red fruits that mature in autumn. The ripe fruits...

Empetrum nigrum is a circumpolar heathland shrub whose small black berries are a critical food source for birds and mammals in arctic and subarctic regions and have been harvested by Arctic peoples for centuries.

Chaura, Gaultheria pumila, is a low-growing shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is native to southern South America and occurs in subalpine Andean environments. The plant produces small berries that may be white or pink when mature. Its compact growth and tolerance of cool mountain conditions d...

Gaultheria hispidula is a delicate creeping plant of boreal North America, producing small white berries with a mild wintergreen flavor that are found primarily in cool, mossy conifer forests and bogs.

Arctostaphylos manzanita is a chaparral shrub endemic to California, notable for its distinctive smooth burgundy bark and mealy red berries that were ground into flour or fermented into cider by Indigenous Californians.

Snow berry, Gaultheria mucronata, is an evergreen shrub in the heath family, Ericaceae. It is native to southern Chile and Argentina and has small, leathery leaves, bell-shaped flowers, and conspicuous berries that may be white, pink, or related shades depending on the plant. The species is cultivat...

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a circumpolar groundcover with the widest natural range of any woody plant, and its leaves have been used medicinally across northern Eurasia and North America for urinary tract conditions.