Vaccinium macrocarpon
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Vaccinium macrocarpon, also called large cranberry, American cranberry and bearberry, is a North American species of cranberry.
Cranberry bog
Flowers close-up
Individual fruit
Vaccinium
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Vaccinium is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family. The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry,
Vaccinium macrocarpon
…or pink flowers with four petals, followed by sour-tasting red or pink berries 9–14 millimetres (3⁄8–1⁄2 in) across. The species is in the subgenus Oxycoccus. The name cranberry comes from the shape of the flower stamen, which looks like a crane's beak…
Vaccinium
Vaccinium oxycoccos, the common cranberry, one kind of cranberry
Harvesting cranberries, New Jersey, U.S.