Highbush - Swampy and glady low woods, riverbanks and dry uplands. Blueberry fruits are very important food for grouse, bobwhite, turkey, mourning dove and numerous songbirds such as thrushes, bluebird and scarlet tanger. Animals such as black bear, foxes, rabbit, skunk, fox squirrel and chipmunk readily eat fruit, twigs and leaves of blueberries. Deer will eat the fruits and browse twigs and leaves. The dense colonies of low blueberries provide shelter and nest sites for many smaller mammals and birds such as grouse, junco, rabbit and chipmunks.
Blueberries are overall very important for food and cover for wildlife.
Other Blueberries used as ground covers. Moist to dry with Sourtop and Highbush preferring moist to wet, well-drained soils. Very acid to moderate acid. Blueberries are attacked by several insects and diseases, but a regular spray program will easily control any problems.