Species: Lowbush Blueberry (Vaccinium uliginosum)

Information About

Lowbush Blueberry

Quick Facts
Latin

Vaccinium uliginosum

Yup'ik

curaq, qiu, suraq

Tlingit

Lowbush Blueberry

Other Names

northern bilberry, bog bilberry, bog blueberry, alpine blueberry

Consumption

Edible

Subspecies

Viewing Scale

Chances of seeing Lowbush Blueberry in Alaska

Lowbush Blueberry in Detail.
About

Lowbush blueberries like the species of blueberries are twiggy shrubs, wood branches, with small leaves at the tips of the branches.

Lowbush blueberries can grow as tall as two feet, though many are only six inches to a foot tall.

Flowers are a white to light pink color, sprouting from scale-like buds, before turning to the blueberry.

Blueberries are edible and desirable by many who avidly pick them at the end of each summer.

Habitat & Range

Lowbush blueberries grow in the alpine tundra regions, especially among coastal regions.