ERICACEAE

Vaccinium arboreum

Common Name:  Farkle Berry, Sparkle Berry

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fruit in Fall--Vaccinium arboreum is the in the same genus as cranberries and blueberries! leaves--are these leaves simple or compound?  What venation is present?
more leaves--what leaf arrangement is present? habit--Vaccinium arboreum is a large shrub or small tree (and thus the species is named arboreum, meaning tree-like)

 
flowers in Spring--although it is a little difficult to tell from this picture, Vaccinium flowers have an inferior ovary