Native to Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
United States, North Carolina, New Hanover
34.064722, -78.2915
Location Remarks
Highway 211, 3.5 miles N of junction with Highway 17
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ericales
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Vaccinium
Specific Epithet
crassifolium
Authorship
Andrews
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.0
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#94,139 of 335,497
Top 29%
Extinction probability
10%