Landscape Uses:
	Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.
Ecological Restoration Notes:
Availability:
	Widely available in central Florida. Commonly available at native plant nurseries in northeast Florida.
Description:
	Small compact densely-branched shrub with numerous underground branches. Leaves small, thick and bluish-green, about 1/4 to 2/3 inches long; the new growth is pinkish.
Height:
	Typically, 1-2 feet in height. Spreading from underground stems and forming masses broader than tall.
Growth Rate:
	Slow.
Range:
	Southeastern United States south to St. Lucie, Hendry and Collier counties; also reported for Martin and Palm Beach counties, where either absent or very rare.
Habitats:
	Pinelands.
Soils:
	Moist to dry, well-drained sandy soils, without humus, acid pH.
Nutritional Requirements:
	Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils.
Salt Water Tolerance:
	Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water.
Salt Wind Tolerance:
	Low; salt wind may burn the leaves.
Drought Tolerance:
	High; does not require any supplemental water once established.
Light Requirements:
	Full sun.
Flower Color:
	White to pink.
Flower Characteristics:
	Semi-showy.
Flowering Season:
	Spring.
Fruit:
	Blue berry; edible.
Wildlife and Ecology:
	Provides food and cover for wildlife. Nectar plant for butterflies and other pollinators. Birds and other animals eat the fruits.
Horticultural Notes:
Comments:
	Very similar to Vaccinium myrsinites, but with bluish foliage.