name: Deerberry

flavor_db_name_variants: deerberry

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Deerberry

id: 218

name_scientific: Vaccinium stamineum

description: Vaccinium stamineum, commonly known as deerberry, squaw huckleberry or gooseberry, is a flowering shrub in the heath family. The plant is native to eastern North America from Ontario in the north, south to Florida and west to Texas. Its white, bell-shaped flowers consisting of 5 spreading petals emerge from April through June, and on rare occasions from October through November. The fruit is an edible pubescent berry. The species is highly variable and a number of varieties have been named. It is typically found in rocky or sandy soil in xeric woodlands.

itis_id: 23615

wikipedia_id: Vaccinium stamineum

picture_file_name: 218.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 42556

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:43:34.000Z

legacy_id: 233

food_group: Fruits

food_subgroup: Berries

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:26.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:04:19.000Z

creator_id: null

updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 176259

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00218