Vaccinium stamineum
deerberry
Ericaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
6-12 ft
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white
Fruit Color:
blue, black
Phenology:
deciduous
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Fall Color
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Specimen shrub. Fine foliage. Does well adjacent to structures or woods.
Considerations:
Requires acid soil.
Light:
Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Usually moist, occasional inundation ---- to ---- Not wet but not extremely dry
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
8A,8B,9A
Ecology
Wildlife:
Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals
Attracts many pollinators--is important to native bees.
Birds and other wildlife consume the fruit.
Native Habitats:
Dry sites. Upland mixed forests, sandhill, flatwoods, scrub.
