Highbush Blueberry is a tall native shrub of bogs, wetland edges, and moist forests that is the parent of most commercial blueberry cultivars. Its white bell-shaped flowers in spring are followed by abundant blue-black berries in summer that attract an enormous variety of wildlife. It provides excellent year-round habitat structure in wetland communities.
Habitat
Bogs, wetland edges, and moist forests of eastern North America
Diet
Berries heavily consumed by bears, foxes, thrushes, waxwings, and many others
How common
Common
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