Vaccinium oxycoccos
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Vaccinium oxycoccos is a species of flowering plant in the heath family. It is known as small cranberry, marshberry, bog cranberry, swamp cranberry,[5] or, particularly in Britain, just cranberry.[6] It is widespread throughout the cool temperate northern hemisphere, including northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.[5]
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Vaccinium oxycoccos | |
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Fruit on a bed of Sphagnum rubellum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Vaccinium |
Subgenus: | Vaccinium subg. Oxycoccus |
Species: | V. oxycoccos |
Binomial name | |
Vaccinium oxycoccos L. 1753 | |
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