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Vaccinium uliginosum (Bog Bilberry or Northern Bilberry) is a flowering plant in the genus Vaccinium. It is native to cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, at low altitudes in the Arctic, and at high altitudes south to the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Caucasus in Europe, the mountains of Mongolia, northern China and central Japan in Asia, and the Sierra Nevada in California and the Rocky Mountains in Utah in North America. It grows on wet acidic soils on heathland, moorland, tundra, and in the understory of coniferous forests, from sea level in the Arctic, up to 3,400 meter altitude in the south of the range.
Shrub
2 ft Tall
Upright
Moderate
Purple
Summer
Full Sun
Moderate
Prefers loamy soils.
Rocky woods
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 53 likely
Scallop Shell
Rheumaptera undulata
Placid Dart
Abagrotis placida
Luteus Dart Moth
Abagrotis trigona
Sallow Button
Acleris hastiana