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Question: Hello! I'm wondering if you might have any advice on how to tell the difference between a young Vaccinium corymbosum …

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  Hello! I'm wondering if you might have any advice on how to tell the difference between a young Vaccinium corymbosum and Vaccinium angustifolium. I did some seed collection at Verona Beach State Park on a roadside beside pine-y woods, the very low plants were on the forest edge and the area is generally wetland-y, several Vaccinium species (including V. corymbosum and Gaylussacia grew there together. I keyed the plant out to angustifolium but the leaf didn't seem particularly "angust". Thanks!!

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  Dear philterfeed, good afternoon. The leaves would still be very different from each other in size--those of Vaccinium corymbosum and related species are much too large to be V. angustifolium. Best wishes.