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Vaccinium oxycoccos
Also called Bog Cranberry, Cranberry, Swamp Cranberry, European Cranberry, Marshberry, Mossberry, Cramberry
Small cranberry is a low, creeping evergreen shrub of cool northern bogs and fens, with vine-like stems and small edible red berries. It needs consistently wet, acidic, nutrient-poor peat to thrive.
Vaccinium oxycoccos is a species of cranberry in the heath family. It is known as small cranberry, marshberry, bog cranberry, swamp cranberry, or (particularly in Britain) just cranberry. It occurs broadly across cooler climates in the temperate Northern Hemisphere.
Vaccinium oxycoccos is a widespread and common species occurring broadly across cooler climates in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, including northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
The berries are edible and have been used both as a medicine and as a food by various Native American communities. Some Iñupiat cook the cranberry with fish eggs and blubber.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vaccinium oxycoccos 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.
