Vaccinium ovalifoliumSm.

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WFO wfo-0001047101 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by F Quiec
fig. a F Quiec, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-11 / obs. 205684507
Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by Ben Keen
fig. b Ben Keen, CC0 1.0 / obs. 157036566
Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. c Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155258795
Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. d Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154060278
Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by Ben Meredyk
fig. e Ben Meredyk, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153836629
Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by Victor Heng
fig. f Victor Heng, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154178956
Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by Ellyne Geurts
fig. g Ellyne Geurts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166756531
Vaccinium ovalifolium, photographed by Ellyne Geurts
fig. h Ellyne Geurts, CC0 1.0 / obs. 166711345

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Native range 20 botanical countries

Regions where Vaccinium ovalifolium is native: Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Is., Sakhalin, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., British Columbia, Idaho, Labrador, Michigan, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, South Dakota, Washington, Yukon JapanKamchatkaKhabarovskSakhalinAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaIdahoLabradorMichiganNewfoundlandNova ScotiaOntarioOregonQuébecSouth DakotaWashingtonYukon
Native distribution of Vaccinium ovalifolium, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
Aleutian Is. ALU
British Columbia BRC
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Michigan MIC
Newfoundland NFL
Nova Scotia NSC
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Québec QUE
South Dakota SDA
Washington WAS
Yukon YUK
Japan JAP ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kamchatka KAM
Khabarovsk KHA
Kuril Is. KUR
Sakhalin SAK

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is., Aleutian Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 4 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Vaccinium alaskaense Howell
  • Vaccinium axillare Nakai
  • Vaccinium chamissonis Bong.
  • Vaccinium oblatum J.K.Henry

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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