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Vaccinium microcarpum
Also called Small Bog Cranberry
Small cranberry is a low, creeping subshrub native to cold northern bogs and wetlands. It is rarely grown in gardens; it needs acidic, consistently wet, cool conditions to thrive.
Vaccinium microcarpum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Ericaceae.
Its native range is subarctic to temperate Northern Hemisphere.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium microcarpum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
