Bog Bilberry
Vaccinium uliginosum
Bog bilberry is a low, blue-fruited bilberry of arctic and alpine heath and northern bogs, blazing red in fall. A cold-climate groundcover with sweet berries for wildlife and foragers.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~294 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- foundation, container
- Native states
- AK, CA, ID, ME, MI, MN, MT, NH, NV, NY, OR, UT, VT, WA, WY
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