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The highbush. blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) is native in the. eastern third of the United States and southeastern. Canada. Florida is rich in other native Vaccinium. species. The woods and swamps of Florida are. populated with at least eight wild blueberry species.
By Malinda Geisler, content specialist, Ag Marketing Resource Center, Iowa State University. Blueberries are native to North America and were first cultivated for sale in 1916 (USHBC, 2014). The United States is the worldâs largest producer of blueberries (FAOSTAT, 2013). In 2014, a total of 667.6 million pounds of cultivated and wild blueberries were produced and utilized (NASS, 2015).