PRESERVATION STATUS OF THE BLUEBERRY (VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS)
IN THE NEMIRA MOUNTAINS
DIANA â ELENA MAFTEI 1, DANIEL â IOAN MAFTEI 2 1. âVasile Alecsandriâ University of BacÄu, Faculty of Science, e-mail: diana.maftei@ub.ro;
2. âIon Borceaâ Natural Sciences Museum Complex of BacÄu, e-mail: daniel_ioan_maftei@yahoo.com;
The blueberry is a shrub of the Ericaceae family with many therapeutical effects due to the high level of antioxydants in its fruits and leaves. In the mountains of Nemira it is spread in the subalpine area at an altitude starting with 1500 m.