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Common Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum. Heath Family.

A tall shrub (from five to ten feet high). Flowers.--White or reddish; very similar to those in above (Gaylussacia), but borne in short clusters; appearing in spring or early summer. Fruit.--A sweet edible berry; blue or black, with a bloom; in late summer.

The common blueberry is found in swamps and low thickets.