{"id":3082,"date":"2015-05-11T20:37:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T00:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/?p=3082"},"modified":"2015-05-24T23:43:33","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T03:43:33","slug":"11-may-2015-deerberry-vaccinium-stamineum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/?p=3082","title":{"rendered":"11 May 2015 &#8211; Deerberry &#8211; Vaccinium stamineum"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3083\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0522-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3083 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0522-close-up-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of flowers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0522-close-up-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0522-close-up-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Close up of flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This afternoon, I went looking for bogs that I had not found yet.\u00a0 On the edge of one of the bogs were some Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) bushes.\u00a0 They were putting on a showy display so I decided to photograph them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3090\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC4106.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3090 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC4106-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Almost ripe berries (photo taken in July 2011)\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC4106-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC4106-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC4106-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Almost ripe berries (photo taken in July 2011)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Deerberry is a member of the genus Vaccinium which features blueberries, cranberries, and in the Pacific Northwest some types of huckleberries. It is native to eastern North America from Maine to Texas, and can be found in Ontario, Canada. Its fruits are edible to humans. They are readily eaten by various animals. Its twigs and foliage is relished by deer.<\/p>\n<p>Once established, a single plant can form a large clonal thicket.\u00a0 I just think it is a beautiful plant when in bloom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3087\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0518-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3087 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0518-small-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Upper side of leaf\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0518-small-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0518-small-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0518-small.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper side of leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3088\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0519-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3088 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0519-small-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lower side of leaf\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0519-small-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0519-small-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0519-small.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower side of leaf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3084\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0520-small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3084 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0520-small-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Cluster of flowers\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0520-small-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0520-small-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DSC0520-small.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cluster of flowers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon, I went looking for bogs that I had not found yet.\u00a0 On the edge of one of the bogs were some Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) bushes.\u00a0 They were putting on a showy display so I decided to photograph them. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Deerberry is a member of the genus Vaccinium which features blueberries, cranberries, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,17,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journal","category-plant-profile","category-refuge-bogs","category-sites-around-refuge"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3082"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3100,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3082\/revisions\/3100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.botanybill.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}