The only known plant hosts of blueberry shoestring virus are highbush blueberry, Vaccinium corymbosum, and lowbush blueberry, Vaccinium angustifolium, plants.
Vaccinium | Vaccinium uliginosum | Vaccinium corymbosum | Vaccinium vitis-idaea | Vaccinium myrsinites | Vaccinium angustifolium | Vaccinium deliciosum |
It shares the understory with other plants such as sweetbells (Eubotrys racemosa), highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), sweet pepperbush (Clethera alnifolia), titi (Cyrilla racemiflora), laurelleaf greenbrier (Smilax laurifolia), honeycup (Zenobia pulverulenta), and oaks (Quercus spp.).