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Post by ayjay on May 31, 2016 22:28:20 GMT
I've got so far as to consider this as possibly Vaccinium, but no further. It's growing in moist to wet soil in shade under trees, it's woody rather than herby, evergreen, low growing at less than 300mm high, and it covers a fairly large area (several square yards). Photo is not particularly good, (taken with flash) but I could easily go back and get something better if required, flowers are quite pink and barely visible from above.  |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 1, 2016 4:42:43 GMT
Bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus.
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Post by faith on Jun 1, 2016 20:24:39 GMT
Or blaeberry, as we call it in Scotland. Try the berries when they appear; they are really quite nice, although very small. People used to make blaeberry pie, but I don't think they do nowadays much.
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Post by ayjay on Jun 1, 2016 22:21:28 GMT
Thank you both, I nearly got there.
I'll have to get my books out again to see why I discounted what is probably the most obvious contender.
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Post by faith on Jun 2, 2016 9:23:02 GMT
It could well be a case of 'common things are common'. This is the most common Vaccinium, and the one that turns up at the lowest levels, sometimes quite near sea level in the right sort of habitat, whereas the others tend to be plants of the higher moorland etc.
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