Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
Section: Oxycoccus
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium macrocarpon
FAMILY
Ericaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Cranberry at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-014:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Oxycoccus macrocarpus
COMMON NAME:
Cranberry, Large Cranberry
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_oxma6_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvmacrocarpon_invsh1
June
Flower stalk has 2 bracts above the middle of the stalk, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm0507f_33
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Leaves evergreen, mostly 1/2" or less long, rounded at tip, whitish below, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge.
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JK Marlow jkm0507g_03
July Pocahontas County WV
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Solitary, white to pink pendulous flowers with 4 reflexed petals, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont.
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JK Marlow jkm060710_172
July Tucker County WV
Monongahela National Forest
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JK Marlow jkm130906_991
September Hancock County ME
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JK Marlow jkm130906_996
September Hancock County ME
The same edible cranberry that's raised commercially in artificial bogs, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmvmacrocarpon_sb
Month Unknown
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Vaccinium macrocarpon
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 145-19-014:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
FAMILY
Ericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Oxycoccus macrocarpus
1585
Subshrub; Trailing woody vine
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it in mountain bogs, low pocosins with deep peat, interdunal wales, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Wet
...Moist
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White to pink
Bisexual
4-lobed calyx
4-lobed corolla
8 stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red to pink
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p117
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p128
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p141
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p189
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p29
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p317
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p364