Scientific Name: Vaccinium oxycoccos
Common Name: small cranberry
Family Name: Ericaceae
Origin: Europe, North America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen, Ground cover
Mature Size: 0.1 - 0.2m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Native planting, Wetland - bogs, Wildlife food
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Acidic, Bog
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Oblong, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, Pink, May-Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Berry (true), Edible, Red, May-Jun-Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves ovate-oblong, 5-10mm long; fruit red to 6mm round, sour.