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 ILPIN INFORMATION ON    Vaccinium pallidum
 
 
 CLASS:    DICOTYLEDENAE
 ORDER:    ERICALES
 FAMILY:   ERICACEAE
 SCIENTIFIC NAME:  Vaccinium pallidum
 AUTHORITY:  Ait.
 
 COMMON NAMES:
    LOW-BUSH BLUEBERRY
 
 SYNONOMY:
     Vaccinium vacillans Torr.
 
 PLANTS CODE: VAVA
 
 NATURAL COMMUNITIES:
     FOREST
       UPLAND FOREST
         XERIC
         DRY
       SAND FOREST
         DRY
       THICKETS
       LISTED
         CHARACTERISTIC
     SAVANNA
       SAND SAVANNA
         DRY
     PRIMARY
       GLADE
         LIMESTONE
       BLUFF
         CLIFF (ROCKY BLUFF)
           SANDSTONE
     CULTURAL
       SUCCESSIONAL FIELD
 
 
 SAF FOREST COVER TYPE:
     CENTRAL
        Upland oak
           Post oak - blackjack oak
 
 NATURAL DIVISION:  UNAVAILABLE
 
 COUNTIES:
   ALEXANDER       CASS            CASS            COOK            COOK
   GALLATIN        GALLATIN        HARDIN          HARDIN          JACKSON
   JACKSON         JERSEY          JOHNSON         KANKAKEE        KANKAKEE
   LEE             MENARD          MONROE          MONROE          OGLE
   OGLE            PEORIA          PEORIA          POPE            POPE
   RANDOLPH        RANDOLPH        ST. CLAIR       SALINE          UNION
 
 
 GROWTH FORM:  Dicot-woody
 
 TAXONOMY COMMENTS:
     Including var. crintium Fern.
 
 TAXONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS:
    ROOTS:  Primary
    LEAF ARRANGEMENT:   Alternate
    LEAF TYPE:   Simple
    LEAF MARGIN:   Entire   Serrate   Dentate
    LEAF VENATION:  Pinnate
    LEAF SHAPE:       Obovate     Oval
    INFLORESCENCE:   Raceme
    FLOWER MEROUS:  5
    FLOWER STRUCTURE:   Complete   Regular
    FLOWER COLOR:   Green   Violet
    FLOWER PLACEMENT:  Epigynous
    FRUIT:   Berry
 
 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION:
     ORIGIN:   Native
 
 POPULATION DYNAMICS:
     STATE STATUS: Not listed
     FEDERAL STATUS: Not listed
     COMMONNESS:  Occasional
     ENDEMIC:   NOT-ENDEMIC
 
 BIOLOGIC:
     HABIT:   Shrub
     LIFE CYCLE:   Perennial
     REPRODUCTION:   Sexual
     FLOWERING PERIOD:
         MONTH BEGINNING-      4         MONTH END-      5
     TROPHIC STATUS:  Autotrophic
     C02 FIXATION:  C3
     SEX:      Perfect
 
 ECODISTRIBUTION COMMENTS:
     Found in sandy black oak woods and in rocky open woods.
 
 ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     GROWTH OF SPECIES IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS:
          GRAVEL         No data entered    SAND           Good
          SANDY LOAM     No data entered    LOAM           No data entered
          CLAY LOAM      No data entered    CLAY           No data entered
          DENSE CLAY     No data entered    ORGANIC SOIL   No data entered
          NEUTRAL pH     No data entered    ACIDIC SOIL    Good
          EXTREMELY ACID No data entered    SALINE SOIL    No data entered
          SODIC SOIL     No data entered    SODIC-SALINE   No data entered
          ROCKY OUTCROPS Good               GENTLE SLOPES  Good
          MODERATE SLOPE Good               STEEP SLOPES   Good
     HABITAT:   Dry   Xeric
 
 FUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS:
     MAJOR DISPERSAL AGENTS:   BIRD   -internal
 
 
 HUMAN RELATIONSHIP DATA:
     EDIBLE:  Yes
     SHOWY FLOWERS:  YES      AMOUNT:  Low
 
 
 HUMAN FACTOR COMMENTS:
     Edible fruit.
 
 WILDLIFE AND LIVESTOCK INFORMATION:
     FOOD VALUE:
         DEER VALUE:    Yes    -   Stems   Buds
         UPLAND GAME VALUE:    Yes    -   Fruit   Leaves
         WATERFOWL VALUE:  Unknown
         SMALL NON-GAME BIRD VALUE:    Yes    -   Fruit
         SMALL MAMMAL VALUE:    Yes    -   Fruit
         AQUATIC MAMMAL VALUE:  Unknown
         FISH VALUE:  Unknown
     COVER VALUE:  No data entered
 
     WILDLIFE COMMENTS:
         Fruit and leaves are eaten by upland game birds, especially wild turkey.
 
 
 LIVESTOCK PALATABILITY DATA:  No data entered
 
 REVEGETATION PLANTINGS:    No data entered
 
 
 REFERENCES:
Mohlenbrock, R. H., ed.  1975.  Guide to the vascular flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.  494 pp.
Jones, G. N.  1963.  Flora of Illinois.  Third ed.  American Midland Naturalist
     Monograph 7.  University of Notre Dame, Indiana.  401 pp.
Steyermark, J. A.  1963.  Flora of Missouri.  Iowa State University Press, Ames.
     1725 pp.
Gleason, H. A., and A. Cronquist.  1963.  Manual of vascular plants of north-
     eastern United States and adjacent Canada.  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
     New York.  810 pp.
Fernald, M. L.  1950.  Gray's manual of botany.  8th ed.  American Book Co.,
     New York.  1632 pp.
Swink, F., and G. S. Wilhelm.  1979.  Plants of the Chicago region.  Third ed.
     The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois.  922 pp.
Mohlenbrock, R. H.  1967-continuing.  The illustrated flora of Illinois.
     Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
White, J., and M. H. Madany.  1978.  Classification of natural communities in
     Illinois.  Pages 309-405 in J. White, ed., Illinois natural areas
     inventory technical report.  Vol. 1.  Survey methods and results.
     Illinois Natural Areas Inventory, Urbana.
Downton, W. J. S.  1975.  The occurrence of C4 photosynthesis among plants.
     Photosynthetica 9(1): 96-105.
 
 END OF DATA FOR SPECIES  Vaccinium pallidum
 
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 Illinois Natural History Survey, 607 E. Peabody Dr., Champaign, IL 61820
     *currently employed by USDA Forest Service, 359 Main Rd., Delaware, OH 43015