Vaccinium myrtillus L., 1753 41% complete

European blueberry

Sp. Pl.: 349 (1753)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Vaccinium myrtillus, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced14 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record7 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl.: 349 (1753) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1753 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name European blueberry No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Greenland, Temp. Eurasia, W. Canada to NW. & WC. U.S.A. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 12 cm
  • 11.7 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 169 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 25, 28, 37, 45, 68, 76, 86, 88, 164, 174, 178, 200, 251, 310, 468, 582, 708, 807, 818, 897, 918
Differs from sources
Biological type nanophanerophyte
  • nanophanerophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 22 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 84, 164, 174, 178, 500, 580, 918
Sourced
Flower color white Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Shrub, Subshrub
  • Shrub, Subshrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 50 cm
  • 50 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 25, 28, 37, 45, 68, 76, 86, 88, 164, 174, 178, 200, 251, 310, 468, 582, 708, 807, 818, 897, 918
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months apr, may, jun
  • apr, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-20
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 37, 45, 174
1 earlier or rejected value
  • Superseded jan, apr, may, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 11 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 37, 45, 174
Sourced
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 28, 37, 71, 86, 178, 460, 759, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity 6 / 9 · moderately humid air
  • 6 / 9 · moderately humid air · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Ground humidity 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous)
  • 6 / 12 · moist (meso-hygrophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Sourced
Light 5 / 9 · half-shade
  • 6 / 9 · half-shade to half-light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489
Differs from sources
Nitrogen fixation None
  • None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 34 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 1, 20, 37, 57, 67, 71, 89, 96, 130, 444, 445, 822
Sourced
Ph maximum pH 4.5
  • pH 4.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Ph minimum pH 4
  • pH 4 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement
Sourced
Soil nutriments 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic)
  • 3 / 9 · poor (oligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 242
Sourced
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 174, 178, 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 18 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty
  • 28.5 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 134 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 76, 88, 105, 228, 372, 412, 468, 582
Not on the record
Other
Propagation method — Not on the record
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record