name: Highbush Blueberry
flavor_db_name_variants: highbush blueberry
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Highbush blueberry
id: 191
name_scientific: Vaccinium corymbosum
description: Vaccinium corymbosum, the Northern highbush blueberry, is a species of blueberry native to eastern North America, from the Great Lakes region east to Nova Scotia, and south through the Northeastern United States and Appalachian region, to the Southeastern United States in Mississippi. Other common names include blue huckleberry, tall huckleberry, swamp huckleberry, high blueberry, and swamp blueberry.The fruit is a 0.25–0.5 inches (6.4–12.7 mm) diameter blue-black berry. This plant is found in wooded or open areas with moist acidic soils.
itis_id: 23573
wikipedia_id: Vaccinium corymbosum
picture_file_name: 191.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 109028
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:41:19.000Z
legacy_id: 203
food_group: Fruits
food_subgroup: Berries
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:25.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:18.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 69266
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00191