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Vaccinium is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry. Like many other ericaceous plants, they are generally restricted to acidic soils.
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- 1 2 3 4 "Dr. Norman C. Melvin III". Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
- 1 2 "National Wetland Team Background". Natural Resources Conservation Center.
- ↑ International Plant Names Index. N.C.Melvin.
