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Vaccinium cespitosum Michx.

Protologue Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 1: 234. 1803 [19 Mar 1803]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 162.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 162.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 170.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 170.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 163.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 163.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 169.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 169.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 159.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 159.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 161.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 161.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 157.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 157.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 166.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 166.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 160.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 160.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 158.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 158.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 168.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 168.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 164.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 164.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd.  27 Jun 06. 167.jpg

Vaccinium caespitosum--CA. Mariposa Co. Yosemite Nat. Pk. Glacier Pt Rd. 27 Jun 06. 167.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

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

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2006

Location

United States, California, Mariposa (El Portal)

37.677222, -119.711111

Location Remarks

Yosemite National Park. Glacier Point Road.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Ericales

Family

Ericaceae

Genus

Vaccinium

Specific Epithet

cespitosum

Authorship

Michx.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.9

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

#271,184 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →