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Viburnum edule
Also called High Bush Cranberry, Mooseberry, Highbush Cranberry, Moosewood Viburnum, Squashberry Viburnum, Lowbush Cranberry
Squashberry is a deciduous shrub, up to about 2.5 m tall, grown mainly for its tart red berries, which are edible once the seeds are removed. It is native to cold northern forests and is easy to grow where winters are harsh and soil stays moist.
Viburnum edule, the squashberry, mooseberry, moosomin, moosewood viburnum, pembina, pimina, highbush cranberry, or lowbush cranberry is a species of shrub. It grows up to 2.5 metres (8 ft) tall and has smooth branches.
The species is native to Canada and the northern United States. The tart berries ripen early in spring and are eaten by various animals. With the seeds removed, they are edible to humans as well, and can be made into jam.
Squashberry is distributed across Canada, all throughout Alaska, and in northern states of the US Specifically, it can abundantly be found in the following regions: the Yukon, northern Quebec, western District of Mackenzie to James Bay, south Newfoundland to Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Minnesota and Pennsylvania. It will be found either as a dominant or codominant understory plant of coniferous forests. Oftentimes, squashberry grows abundantly in Picea glauca (white spruce) forests. Squashberry is also known to be an important pioneer species that grows early after forest fires.
With the seeds removed, the fruit is commonly consumed fresh and can be used to prepare foods such as jams and jellies.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Viburnum edule 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.
