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Section: Oxycoccus    

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY Ericaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vaccinium oxycoccos

INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)

Oxycoccus microcarpon

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)

Vaccinium oxycoccos

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Vaccinium oxycoccos

 

COMMON NAME:
Small Cranberry


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image of Vaccinium oxycoccos, Small Cranberry

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_oxox_001_lvd

        

image of Vaccinium oxycoccos, Small Cranberry

L.L. (Chick) Gaddy    llg_vaccoxy

June?    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

Corolla strongly reflexed at anthesis, white to deep pink; filaments hairy, per Flora of North America.

image of Vaccinium oxycoccos, Small Cranberry

L.L. (Chick) Gaddy    llg_vaccoxy_b

June?    Pocahontas County    WV

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

Pedicels 2-3cm, bracteolate or not; bracteoles 1-5, reddish, scalelike, per Flora of North America.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY Ericaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium oxycoccos   FAMILY Ericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vaccinium oxycoccos

INCLUDING Vascular flora of Illinois (Mohlenbrock, 2014)
Oxycoccus microcarpon

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Vaccinium oxycoccos

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Vaccinium oxycoccos

 

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3896

Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: bogs, per Weakley's Flora

Native (circumboreal, south in North America to WV)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
White to deep pink
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

 

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