Blueberries grow practically everywhere in Maine, where I grew up. They like acid, sandy soils.
While vacationing at our
camp on Sebago Lake each summer, we collected blueberries at Bradbury Mountain and other locations.
Some of them even made it back down the mountain.
Blueberry pie, blueberry pancakes, blueberry muffins: delightful!
Identification: Wild blueberries are much smaller than their
cultivated cousins, about ⅛-¼" (3.2-6.3 mm) inch in diameter. They are also more flavorful, not just more
intense but somehow sweeter. Plants are rarely
over a foot or so in height, though they can reach up to 30" (76 cm) if sheltered. Leaves are a glossy
dark green color in the summer. In the fall, they turn reddish-purple. Flowers are small and white,
shaped like tiny bells. Fruits are dark blue.
This Vaccinium comparision chart also includes a couple of similar-appearing species
that are not Vaccinium.
Edibility: Scrumptious.
Online References:
Vaccinium angustifolium on Earl J.S. Rook's Flora, Fauna, Earth, and Sky ...
The Natural History of the Northwoods