Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Polycodium
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium stamineum var. sericeum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Deerberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium stamineum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Vaccinium stamineum
INCLUDED WITHIN The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium stamineum
(?) (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-002b:
Vaccinium stamineum var. melanocarpum FAMILY Ericaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polycodium melanocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Polycodium (Ashe, 1931)
Polycodium sericeum
COMMON NAME:
Southern Deerberry
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_vast_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0504c_23b
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
Flowers don't form buds, but grow "in the open" from minute rings of meristematic floral tissue, per Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005).
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvstamineum_melanomcc1
April McCormick County SC
Bracts of the inflorescence much smaller than normal foliage leaves, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvstamineum_melanomcc2
April McCormick County SC
Leaves green beneath, often slightly paler but not at all glaucous, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vaccinium stamineum var. sericeum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium stamineum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium stamineum
INCLUDED WITHIN
The genus Vaccinium L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia (Uttal, 1987)
Vaccinium stamineum
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-002b:
Vaccinium stamineum var. melanocarpum
FAMILY
Ericaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Polycodium melanocarpum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Polycodium (Ashe, 1931)
Polycodium sericeum
2300
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Xeric woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in NC) (rare in SC Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Margins mostly entire
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed rotate-campanulate corolla
10 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Green/Pink/Yellowish/Purple
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p388?
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p264?
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p246
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p239
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p115?
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p154?
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p186?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p131?
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p29
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p319
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p367
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