Vaccinum macrocarpon Ait.

Large Cranberry

Description:

·        Similar to small cranberry

·        Small evergreen vine

·        Elliptical green leaves

·        Lower leaf surface has a waxy coating

·        Flowers borne from axils of reduced leaves at base of current year's shoot

·        Berries red

Habitat:

·        Meadows

·        Along streams

·        Bogs

·        Wet shores

·        Wet areas behind beaches

·        Acidic soils

Distribution:

·        Bog