Vaccinium corymbosum
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Vaccinium corymbosum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 388 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Vaccinium fuscatum, the black highbush blueberry, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family (Ericaceae). It is native to North America, where it is found in Ontario, Canada and the eastern United States. Its typical natural habitat is wet areas such as bogs, pocosins, and swamps. Vaccinium fuscatum is an upright deciduous shrub. It can be distinguished from the similar-looking Vaccinium corymbosum by its stems and abaxial leaf surfaces are pubescent with dingy hairs, and its dark colored fruit that lacks a glaucous coating. In addition it has an earlier bloom time, producing flowers in early spring. It is sometimes considered a synonym of Vaccinium corymbosum.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology12
Life cycle & reproduction32
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment27
Physiology & chemistry25
Uses & economy15
Other traits7
Compounds documented for Vaccinium corymbosum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 777 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium | 336.9 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Glutamic acid | 311.15 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Catechin | 201.005 mg/100 g freshweight | FooDB | |
| L-Aspartic acid | 194.95 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Leucine | 150 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Gallic acid | 129.45 mg/100 g freshweight | FooDB | |
| Arginine | 127.5 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Alanine | 105 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Glycine | 104.95 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Proline | 93.7 mg/100g | FooDB |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Vaccinium corymbosum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Vaccinium corymbosum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 4816×CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov +1
2n 2411×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov +2
2n 727×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 121×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
How it livedPBDB
Record type12 388 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions99 of 156 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Philadelphia, US | 550 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 333 |
| Bronx, US | 280 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 235 |
| Fort Worth, US | 197 |
| Tampa, US | 123 |
| College Park, US | 123 |
| Madison, US | 104 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 101 |
| Allentown, US | 101 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 90 |
| Philadelphia, US | 89 |
| New Haven, US | 83 |
| Burlington, US | 81 |
| Bangkok, TH | 73 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 68 |
| Bloomington, US | 65 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 55 |
| New Brunswick, US | 54 |
| Montréal, CA | 51 |
| Williamsburg, US | 47 |
| Durham, US | 46 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 42 |
| Saint Louis, US | 40 |
| Austin, US | 39 |
| Québec, CA | 36 |
| Miami, US | 36 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 36 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 30 |
| Jackson, US | 26 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 24 |
| Staten Island, US | 24 |
| Millersville, US | 23 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 23 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 23 |
| Toronto, CA | 17 |
| GAlocation not on record | 16 |
| Riverside, US | 16 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 15 |
| Vancouver, CA | 15 |
| Dover, US | 14 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 14 |
| Kingston, US | 13 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 13 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 12 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 11 |
| Claremont, US | 11 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 11 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 10 |
| Hamilton, US | 10 |
| Flagstaff, US | 10 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| San Angelo, US | 9 |
| Dekalb, US | 9 |
| Knoxville, US | 9 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 9 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 8 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 8 |
| Johnson City, US | 8 |
| US | 7 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 7 |
| Logan, US | 7 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 7 |
| Victoria, CA | 7 |
| Durham, US | 7 |
| LDlocation not on record | 7 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Auckland, NZ | 6 |
| Fairfax, US | 5 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 5 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 5 |
| EL PASO, US | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 5 |
| Hudson, US | 5 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Columbia, US | 4 |
| Oswego, US | 4 |
| Hobart, AU | 4 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 4 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 4 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tempe, US | 4 |
| St. Paul, US | 4 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 4 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Chicago, US | 4 |
| Davenport, US | 3 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 3 |
| Clemson, US | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Mississippi State, US | 3 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 3 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Washington, US | 3 |
| Pittsburg, US | 3 |
| Moscow, US | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| Brookings, US | 3 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 3 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Saint John, CA | 2 |
| Edmonton, CA | 2 |
| Morgantown, US | 2 |
| Asheville, US | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tartu, EE | 2 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 2 |
| Corvallis, US | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Long Beach, US | 2 |
| Olocation not on record | 2 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 2 |
| Turku, FI | 2 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Smithfield, AU | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 1 |
| Missoula, US | 1 |
| Universite de Montreal, L'Herbier Marie-Victorinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 1 |
| Little Rock, US | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 1 |
| Oakland University Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Arcata, US | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Llocation not on record | 1 |
| Chennai Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Macomb, US | 1 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Vaccinium corymbosum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.