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Vaccinium oxycoccos L.  
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FamilyERICACEAE
Genus speciesVaccinium oxycoccos L. 
SynonymsOxycoccus vulgaris Raf.
 Oxycoccus europaeus Nutt.
 Oxycoccus palustris Pers.
Habitatbogs, marshes
Altitude0-2000m
Descriptionleaves dark green, oblong or ovate, 5-11mm, coriaceous, glabrous, revolute, entire, acute, flowers in umbellate raceme, tetramerous, glabrous
Size5-30cm
Colorpurple
Bloomearly summer
Ca-
Typedecumbent shrub
Cultivationvery moist to boggy, semi-shady site
alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade
Propagationseed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C
cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring
Territory Circumpolar
Europe
     Northern Europe (Denmark , Finland , Great Britain , Ireland , Norway , Sweden )
     Middle Europe (Austria , Belgium , Czechoslovakia , Germany , Hungary , Netherlands , Poland , Switzerland )
     Southwestern Europe (France )
     Southeastern Europe (Italy , Romania , Yugoslavia )
     Eastern Europe (Belarus , Baltic States , Central European Russia , East European Russia , North European Russia , South European Russia , Northwest European Russia , Ukraine )
Asia-Temperate
     Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia , Yakutskiya )
     Russian Far East (Amur , Kamchatka , Khabarovsk , Kuril Is. , Magadan , Primorye , Sakhalin )
     Middle Asia (Kazakhstan )
     Eastern Asia (Korea )
Northern America
     Subarctic America (Alaska , Greenland , Nunavut , Northwest Territories , Yukon )
     Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Saskatchewan )
     Eastern Canada (Labrador , New Brunswick , Newfoundland , Nova Scotia , Ontario , Prince Edward I. , Québec )
     Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington )
     North-Central U.S.A. (Illinois , Minnesota , Wisconsin )
     Northeastern U.S.A. (Connecticut , Indiana , Maine , Masachusettes , Michigan , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Rhode I. , Vermont , West Virginia )
     Southwestern U.S.A. (California )
     Southeastern U.S.A. (Maryland)
BibliographyPlants of the World online powo.science.kew.org
International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org
Comments

ERICACEAE

Vaccinium oxycoccos L., Sp. Pl. 1: 351 (1753)

Synonyms:
Oxycoccus oxycoccos (L.) MacMill.
Schollera oxycoccos (L.) Roth

Oxycoca vulgaris Raf.
Oxycoccus europaeus Nutt.
Oxycoccus intermedius (A.Gray) Rydb.
Oxycoccus ovalifolius (Michx.) A.E.Porsild
Oxycoccus palustris Pers.
Oxycoccus palustris intermedius (A.Gray) Howell
Oxycoccus palustris macrophyllus Gugn.
Oxycoccus palustris melanocarpus Stepanov
Oxycoccus palustris microphyllus (Lange) Á.Löve & D.Löve
Oxytcoccus palustris ovalifolius (Michx.) F.Seym.
Oxycoccus quadripetalus microphyllus (Lange) Porsild
Oxycoccus vulgaris Bong.
Schollera europaea (Pers.) Steud.
Schollera paludosa Baumg.
Vaccinium oxycoccos intermedium A.Gray
Vaccinium oxycoccos microphyllum Lange
Vaccinium oxycoccos ovalifolium Michx.

Circumpolar
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