Vaccinium macrocarpon

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Large cranberry, American Cranberry, Bearberry
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Vaccinium
Species: V. macrocarpon
Binomial name
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Synonyms[1]
  • Oxycoccus macrocarpus

Vaccinium macrocarpon (also called Large cranberry, American Cranberry and Bearberry) is a cranberry of the subgenus Oxycoccus and genus Vaccinium. It is native to North America (eastern Canada, and eastern United States, south to North Carolina at high altitudes).

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References [edit]

  1. ^ "Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) Synonyms". The Natural Standard Research Collaboration. MayoClinic.