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Taxon

Vaccinium myrtillus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 349 (-350). 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 120.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 120.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 121.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 121.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 108.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 108.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 109.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 109.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 117.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 117.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 114.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 114.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 119.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 119.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 112.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 112.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 116.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 116.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 115.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 115.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 118.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 118.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 110.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 110.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 113.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus, C. Davidson 11454--ID. Valley Co. Warm Lake. 15 June 2009. 113.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 268.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 268.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 265.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 265.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 246.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 246.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 260.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 260.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 259.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 259.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 254.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 254.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 270.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 270.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 247.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 247.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 261.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 261.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 248.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 248.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 264.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 264.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 253.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 253.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 251.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 251.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 269.jpg

Vaccinium myrtillus--Georgia. Kazbeki . Trail-road to Sameba Church. 2 Jun 05. 269.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 62 botanical countries across Europe, Temperate Asia, and Northern America; presence uncertain in Algeria (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 2, 2005

Location

Georgia, Mtskheta-Mtianeti (Stepantsminda)

42.6625, 44.619722

Location Remarks

Various points along the road-trail to Gergeti Trinity Church (also called Sameba Church), west of the village of Kazbegi.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Davidson C. 11454

June 15, 2009

Location

United States, Idaho, Valley (Cascade)

44.158, -116.118361

Location Remarks

Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Vaccinium

Specific Epithet

myrtillus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#258,561 of 335,497

Top 78%

Extinction probability

9%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →