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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Ericaceae
Vaccinium oxycoccos L.
small cranberry
Vaccinium: ancient Latin name for bilberry, origin obscure
oxycoccos: old Latin name for "acid-berry"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | creeping, perennial, 2"-6" tall shrub |
| Flower: | pink, 4-parted, 1/4" long, lobes deeply parted and turning upward; 2 small, red bracts; inflorescence with 1-4 flowers in a cluster from the upper leaf axils; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | red berry with many seeds |
| Leaf: | evergreen, elliptical to oval, tapering at both ends, edges not toothed |
| Habitat: | wet; bogs; in sandy soil |
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