Species: Vaccinium macrocarpon

Native in northeastern North America from Newfoundland to southern Ontario and central Minnesota south to northern Illinois, northern Ohio, and central Indiana, and in the Appalachian mountains and along the coastal plain south to North Carolina (Vander Kloet 1988, Kartesz 1999, Weakley 2000). Occasionally escaped from cultivation in British Columbia, Washington, and northern California (Hitchcock and Cronquist 1974, Hickman 1997, Douglas et al. 1999). Also adventive along the eastern shore of Maryland (Vander Kloet 1988). Cultivated extensively in Massachusetts, New Jersey, Wisconsin, Washington, and Oregon (Vander Kloet 1988). Introduced in Europe and thrives as an escape in Britain, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands (Vander Kloet 1988).