Utah Valley University Herbarium

Label

Accession No. 03072 
Family Ericaceae 
Species Vaccinium uliginosum L.
Common name "bog blueberry"
Collector Information A. Pulham  (s.n.)  12 September 1998
Geography United States,  Utah, Summit County
Lat./Long. 40°  41' 23" N, 110°  54 ' 41" W
Township/Range T1S, R9E, Sec. 34 at 10660 feet (3250 m) 
Locality Bald Mountain trailhead, by Highway 150, 25 miles E of Kamas. 
Ecology subalpine fir-Engelmann spruce community. 
Climate NCDC temperatures, daily high (red), daily average (green) and daily low (blue), from 1970 to 2000 at this location.   NCDC average monthly precipitation from 1970 to 2000 at this location.
Note Latitude and longitude were derived from township and range information and may be
inaccurate by as much as 0.7 miles (or 4.2 miles if the section is not given).

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Vaccinium uliginosum L.

     Vaccinium occidentale Gray
     Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. alpinum (Bigelow) Hultén
     Vaccinium uliginosum var. alpinum Bigelow
     Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. gaultherioides (Bigelow) S.B. Young
     Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. microphyllum Lange
     Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. occidentale (Gray) Hultén
     Vaccinium uliginosum var. occidentale (Gray) Hara
     Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. pedris (Harshberger) S.B. Young
     Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. pubescens (Wormsk. ex Hornem.) S.B. Young
     Vaccinium uliginosum var. salicinum (Cham.) Hultén

Common Name(s): bog blueberry.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=23574, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Dilleniidae
                            Order: Ericales
                                Family: Ericaceae
                                    Genus: Vaccinium
                                        Species: Vaccinium uliginosum
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 03072s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 02210s1.jpg 
02210
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04701
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07993
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07994
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09763
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09802

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
05628 Agoseris glauca  var. cronquistii   "Cronquist's mountain dandelion" same section
04655 Agrostis humilis      "alpine bentgrass" 2548 ft. W
07830 Agrostis variabilis     same section
05625 Allium brandegeei      "Brandegee's onion" same section
07834 Angelica roseana      "rose angelica" same section
04065 Antennaria corymbosa      "flat-top pussytoes" same section
04077 Aquilegia caerulea  var. ochroleuca   "white Colorado columbine" same section
04696 Arenaria congesta     2548 ft. W
07824 Arenaria hookeri      "Hooker's sandwort" same section
05616 Arnica latifolia      "broad-leaf arnica" same section
07835 Arnica mollis      "hairy arnica" same section
04726 Arnica mollis      "hairy arnica" 2548 ft. W
04063 Artemisia scopulorum      "alpine sagebrush" same section
04694 Aster sibiricus      "arctic aster" 2548 ft. W
04674 Campanula uniflora      "arctic bellflower" 2548 ft. W
05617 Carex capitata      "capitate sedge" same section
04774 Carex geyeri      "Geyer's sedge" 1.2 mi. NW
07816 Carex leporinella      "Sierra hare sedge" same section
07833 Carex norvegica      "Norway sedge" same section
04652 Carex scirpoidea     2548 ft. W
07815 Carex scirpoidea  var. pseudoscirpoidea  same section
07828 Carex straminiformis      "Shasta sedge" same section
05618 Castilleja applegatei  var. viscida   "sticky Applegate's paintbrush" same section
04716 Cirsium eatonii  var. eatonii   "Eaton's thistle" 2548 ft. W
04673 Cryptogramma crispa  var. acrostichoides   "Parsley-fern" 2548 ft. W
07826 Cryptogramma crispa  var. acrostichoides   "parsley fern" same section
05620 Cystopteris fragilis      "brittle bladderfern" same section
04071 Dodecatheon alpinum      "alpine shootingstar" same section
04654 Elymus salinus      "saline wildrye" 2548 ft. W
07814 Epilobium ciliatum      "fringed willowherb" same section
05627 Epilobium oregonense      "Oregon willowherb" same section
05623 Eremogone congesta  var. congesta  same section
04066 Erigeron glacialis  var. glacialis   "subalpine fleabane" same section
04078 Erigeron leiomerus      "rock-slide yellow fleabane" same section
05630 Erigeron ursinus      "Bear River fleabane" same section
05619 Eriogonum umbellatum  var. porteri  same section
05626 Erythronium grandiflorum      "yellow avalanche-lily" same section
07821 Festuca brachyphylla  ssp. brachyphylla   "alpine fescue" same section
04723 Galium trifidum      "three-petaled bedstraw" 2548 ft. W
14417 Gaultheria humifusa     1.7 mi. N
14746 Gaultheria humifusa     same section
08006 Gaultheria humifusa      "alpine spicywintergreen" 2.2 mi. SW
07819 Gentiana calycosa      "Rainier pleated gentian" same section
07831 Gentianella amarella      "autumn dwarf gentian" same section
04697 Gentianella amarella      "autumn dwarf gentian" 2548 ft. W
07832 Hieracium triste  var. gracile   "slender hawkweed" same section
04079 Ivesia gordonii      "Gordon's mousetail" same section
05643 Ivesia gordonii     same section
04676 Ivesia utahensis      "Utah mousetail" 2548 ft. W
05622 Juncus drummondii      "Drummond's rush" same section
11914 Kalmia microphylla      "alpine laurel" 2952 ft. S
14419 Kalmia microphylla     1.7 mi. N
04070 Kalmia microphylla      "alpine laurel" same section
04675 Ligusticum tenuifolium      "Idaho licorice-root" 2548 ft. W
07817 Ligusticum tenuifolium      "Idaho licorice-root" same section
07829 Luzula spicata      "spiked woodrush" same section
04067 Mertensia ciliata      "mountain bluebells" same section
03124 Noccaea montana  var. montana   "alpine pennycress" 1.9 mi. N
07818 Oxyria digyna      "alpine mountainsorrel" same section
04069 Pedicularis bracteosa  var. paysoniana   "Payson's lousewort" same section
04698 Pedicularis groenlandica      "elephanthead lousewort" 2548 ft. W
04072 Pedicularis groenlandica      "elephanthead lousewort" same section
04672 Phacelia hastata      "silverleaf scorpionweed" 2548 ft. W
03075 Picea engelmannii      "Engelmann spruce" same section
04692 Poa alpina      "alpine bluegrass" 2548 ft. W
04657 Poa secunda      "Sandberg's bluegrass" 2548 ft. W
07827 Potentilla diversifolia  var. diversifolia  same section
04725 Potentilla diversifolia  var. diversifolia   "diverse-leaf cinquefoil" 2548 ft. W
04076 Primula parryi      "Parry's primrose" same section
01569 Ranunculus eschscholtzii  var. eschscholtzii   "Eschscholtz's buttercup" same section
05614 Ranunculus inamoenus      "graceful buttercup" same section
02286 Ribes inerme      "whitestem gooseberry" 1 mi. S
14748 Ribes montigenum     same section
14414 Ribes montigenum     1.7 mi. N
14749 Salix planifolia     same section
07823 Selaginella densa      "lesser spikemoss" same section
05629 Senecio crassulus      "thick-leaf ragwort" same section
04068 Senecio integerrimus  var. exaltatus   "Columbia ragwort" same section
05615 Sibbaldia procumbens      "creeping sibbaldia" same section
04689 Sibbaldia procumbens      "creeping sibbaldia" 2548 ft. W
07825 Silene acaulis  var. subacaulescens   "moss campion" same section
07822 Smelowskia calycina  var. americana   "American false candytuft" same section
07820 Solidago multiradiata  var. scopulorum   "low goldenrod" same section
05644 Solidago multiradiata  var. scopulorum   "low goldenrod" same section
05659 Solidago multiradiata  var. scopulorum   "low goldenrod" same section
04695 Solidago nana      "low goldenrod" 2548 ft. W
04724 Stellaria longipes      "meadow starwort" 2548 ft. W
04693 Trifolium parryi      "Parry's clover" 2548 ft. W
05624 Trifolium parryi     same section
04656 Trisetum spicatum      "spike trisetum" 2548 ft. W
07806 Trisetum spicatum      "spike trisetum" same section
04658 Trisetum wolfii      "Wolf's trisetum" 2548 ft. W
14744 Vaccinium       "blueberry" same section
14416 Vaccinium cespitosum     1.7 mi. N
14747 Vaccinium scoparium     same section
14415 Vaccinium scoparium     1.7 mi. N
14745 Vaccinium uliginosum     same section
15277 Vaccinium uliginosum      "bog blueberry" 2980 ft. S
14418 Vaccinium uliginosum  var. occidentale  1.7 mi. N

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name
Bald Mountain Trailhead Picnic Area (Locale) Summit County, UT 1952 ft. E 10794  Mirror Lake 
Bald Mountain Overlook (Locale) Wasatch County, UT 2189 ft. SE 10749  Mirror Lake 
Bald Mountain Campground (Locale) Duchesne County, UT 2825 ft. E 10785  Mirror Lake 
Bald Mountain (Summit) Summit County, UT 0.8 mi. NE 11598  Mirror Lake 
Bald Mountain Pass (Gap) Duchesne County, UT 0.7 mi. E 10516  Mirror Lake 
Clegg Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 0.9 mi. NW 10499  Mirror Lake 
Wilderness Area Overlook (Locale) Duchesne County, UT 0.9 mi. E 10443  Mirror Lake 
Reids Peak (Summit) Summit County, UT 1.2 mi. N 11388  Mirror Lake 
Moosehorn Lake (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 1 mi. E 10388  Mirror Lake 
Moosehorn Campground (Locale) Duchesne County, UT 1.1 mi. NE 10358  Mirror Lake 
Emerald Lake (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 1.3 mi. NE 10289  Mirror Lake 
Lost Creek Campground (Locale) Wasatch County, UT 1.2 mi. SW 10010  Mirror Lake 
Dean Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.3 mi. NW 10371  Mirror Lake 
Murdock Mountain (Summit) Duchesne County, UT 1.3 mi. SE 11188  Mirror Lake 
Fehr Lake (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 1.3 mi. E 10270  Mirror Lake 
Blizzard Lake (Lake) Wasatch County, UT 1.7 mi. S 10306  Mirror Lake 
Gem Lake (Lake) Duchesne County, UT 1.6 mi. S 10086  Mirror Lake 
Mirror Lake Guard Station (Locale) Duchesne County, UT 1.4 mi. NE 10043  Mirror Lake 
Reids Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.5 mi. NW 10276  Mirror Lake 
Lilly Lake (Lake) Summit County, UT 1.4 mi. W 9935  Mirror Lake 

Links

Taxon Links for species Vaccinium uliginosum  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Vaccinium+uliginosum

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