Vaccinium corymbosum
Common name
blueberry
Family
Ericaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Usually in acidic soils - locally established on acid peats of the Waikato
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1989
Origin
North America
Reason For Introduction
Horticultural - fruit
Life Cycle Comments
Long-lived perennial shrub
Reproduction
By seed and suckering
Seed
numerous, long-lived
Dispersal
Bird and human dispersed (also by gravity)
Tolerances
Drought sensitive