Vaccinium boreale is a
lowbush blueberry, forming a small shrub up to tall, in dense colonies of many individuals. Twigs are green, angled, with lines of hairs. Leaves are
deciduous, narrowly
elliptic, up to long, with teeth along the margins. Flowers are white, up to long. Berries are blue, up to 5 mm across. Cytology is 2n = 24. ==Distribution and habitat==