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Photographer: Robert R. Kowal
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Family Ericaceae
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton
cranberry, large cranberry
Vaccinium: ancient Latin name for bilberry, origin obscure
macrocarpon: macros for "large;" carpon for "fruit"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | trailing, perennial shrub; stems very thin |
| Flower: | white to pink, 4-parted, 1/3" long, deep lobes turning upward; 2 small, green bracts; inflorescence with 2-6 flowers in a cluster in the lower leaf axils; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | red, tart, 1/2" berry with many seeds |
| Leaf: | leathery, evergreen, mostly stalkless, oblong, tapering at both ends |
| Habitat: | bogs |
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