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Vaccinium gaultherioides
Bog Bilberry
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0317 1188 (2017-03-14)Copyright © 2017 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Aug 22, 2013
latitude 46.44200 longitude 13.64423
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location
Mt. Mangart flats, southwest of the largest snow valley of Mangart's flats, East Julian Alps (Friuli, Italy)notes Slo.: drobnolistna kopišnica - syn.: Vaccinium uliginosum ssp. microphyllum Lange - Habitat: alpine grassland, slightly inclined mountain slope, east aspect; skeletal, acid ground; sunny, open place; exposed to direct rain; elevation 1.980 m (6.500 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 0-2 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: This Arctic-Alpine floral member loves acid ground in high mountains. It grows from subalpine to alpine elevations. Such places are rare in Slovenia and this is the reason why it is almost a rare plant in my country. Not so in countries with mostly siliceous, acid ground. Vaccinium gaultherioides is widely distributed in the Alps and other European mountains. The plant's flowers and berries are quite similar to much better known wild bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) also named European blueberry. Both species can easily be recognized. Only bilberry has young stems green and square in cross-section with four sharp ridges. The berries of Vaccinium gaultherioides are also edible but I've never found them in a sufficient quantity to really eat them. At best one can taste them. The taste of Vaccinium gaultherioides is far inferior to the taste of wild bilberries. So, distinguishing between both species when they fruit is easy too. Ref.: (1) M.A. Fischer, W. Adler, K. Oswald, Exkursionsflora für Österreich, Liechtenstein und Südtirol, LO Landesmuseen, Linz, Austria (2005), p 666. (2) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p 486. (3) D. Aeschimann, K. Lauber, D.M. Moser, J.P. Theurillat, Flora Alpina, Vol. 1., Haupt (2004), p 624. (4) K. Lauber and G. Wagner, Flora Helvetica, 5. Auflage, Haupt (2012), p 710.camera Nikon D700/Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_745/2013_DSC7579 photo category: Plant - shrub
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Bog Bilberry, Northern Bilberry (photographer)
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