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Photograph(s) by*: CM NRCS
Characteristics
Height: 2-4'
Spread: 2-4'
Flowers: Apr.-Jun.; greenish to purple
Fruit: Jul.-Oct.; blue; berry
Fall color: reddish-purple
Conditions *
Light:
Moisture: Dry Moist Wet
Soil pH: 4.5-6.5
Soil type: Sandy
Habitat
dry to wet woods and thickets
Native to
Region: Coastal Mountain *
States: MD VA DE NY WV PA
Wildlife
*
high wildlife value
Notes
berries borne on long, drooping stems
Publication by USFWS BayScapes Conservation Landscaping Program
http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/chesapeake/plant/1272.htm
Last updated: 1 October 2004