Vaccinium stamineumL.

deerberry

WFO wfo-0001047109 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by Larry Jensen
fig. a Larry Jensen, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-30 / obs. 202595816
Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by botanygirl
fig. b botanygirl, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201308327
Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by Clay Gibbons
fig. c Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201759904
Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by Tom Pollard
fig. d Tom Pollard, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201031715
Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by Elizabeth Axley
fig. e Elizabeth Axley, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201136987
Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by Caleb Catto
fig. f Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201936361
Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by Jeff Clark
fig. g Jeff Clark, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199517312
Vaccinium stamineum, photographed by Megan Massa
fig. h Megan Massa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198635034

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Vaccinium stamineum is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia AlabamaArkansasConnecticutFloridaGeorgiaIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMarylandMassachusettsMexico NortheastMississippiMissouriNew JerseyNew YorkNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaOntarioPennsylvaniaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVermontVirginiaWest Virginia DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaRhode I.
Native distribution of Vaccinium stamineum, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Connecticut CNT
Delaware DEL
District of Columbia WDC
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Kansas KAN
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Massachusetts MAS
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
New Jersey NWJ
New York NWY
North Carolina NCA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
Ontario ONT
Pennsylvania PEN
Rhode I. RHO
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Vermont VER
Virginia VRG
West Virginia WVA

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 71 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.

  • Arbutus myrtilloides Humb. ex Steud.
  • Picrococcus elevatum (Banks & Sol. ex Wikstr.) Nutt.
  • Picrococcus floridanus Nutt.
  • Picrococcus stamineus (L.) Nutt.
  • Polycodium ashei Harb.
  • Polycodium caesium (Greene) Greene
  • Polycodium candicans (C.Mohr) Small
  • Polycodium depressum Small
  • Polycodium depressum var. minus Ashe
  • Polycodium elevatum (Banks & Sol. ex Wikstr.) Greene
  • Polycodium floridanum (Nutt.) Greene
  • Polycodium floridanum var. caesium (Greene) Ashe
  • Polycodium floridanum var. molle Ashe
  • Polycodium floridanum var. revolutum (Greene) Ashe
  • Polycodium glandulosum Ashe
  • Polycodium interius Ashe
  • Polycodium interius var. commune Ashe
  • Polycodium interius var. subglandulosum Ashe
  • Polycodium langloisii Greene
  • Polycodium lautum Ashe
  • Polycodium leptosepalum Small
  • Polycodium macilentum Small
  • Polycodium melanocarpum (C.Mohr) Small
  • Polycodium multiflorum Ashe

and 47 more.

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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.