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Help identifying this small tree
- Thread starter whitetailfreak
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It`s sparkleberry.
1eyefishing
...just joking, seriously.
whitetailfreak
Senior Member
Very helpful as usual Nic. Thanks.
Hooty Hoot
Gone but not forgotten
I think he nailed it. That was a hard one.
What Nic said. They usually grow on dry ridgetops.
rospaw
Senior Member
Had to look that one up!
"Vaccinium arboreum (sparkleberry or farkleberry) is a species of Vaccinium"
"The flowers are white, bell-shaped, and 3–4 mm (0.12-0.16 inches) in diameter with a five-lobed corolla, produced in racemes up to 5 cm (2 inches) long. The fruit is a round dry berry about 6 mm (0.24 inches) in diameter, green at first, black when ripe, edible but bitter and tough"
"Vaccinium arboreum (sparkleberry or farkleberry) is a species of Vaccinium"
"The flowers are white, bell-shaped, and 3–4 mm (0.12-0.16 inches) in diameter with a five-lobed corolla, produced in racemes up to 5 cm (2 inches) long. The fruit is a round dry berry about 6 mm (0.24 inches) in diameter, green at first, black when ripe, edible but bitter and tough"
blakefallin
Member
Are they edible for humans? and do deer or other wildlife feed on them?
They are edible, but don't taste as good as most blueberry species. And yes, wildlife feeds on them.
