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