Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Oxycoccus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vaccinium oxycoccos
FAMILY
Ericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_oxox_001_lvd
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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.
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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
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p247
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p366
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