| Family | ERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton |
| Bibliography | Hort. Kew. 2: 13 (1789) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to nc. & e. USA |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | bogs, marshes |
| Altitude | 0-1400m |
| Description | leaves alternate, small, oval to oblong, dark shiny green, flowers pendent, shortly pedicellate, tetramerous, in short heads, berry red, spherical |
| Size | 5-15cm |
| Color | pink |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
| Synonyms | Oxycoca berberidacea Raf. Oxycoca macrocarpa (Aiton) Raf. Oxycoccus macrocarpos (Aiton) Pursh Oxycoccus palustris var. macrocarpos (Aiton) Pers. Schollera macrocarpon (Aiton) Britton Vaccinium hispidulum Wangenh. Vaccinium macrocarpon f. dahlei Findley & Core Vaccinium macrocarpon f. eburnea MacKeever Vaccinium macrocarpon var. intermedium A.Gray Vaccinium oblongifolium (Michx.) Dunal Vaccinium oxycoccos var. oblongifolium Michx. Vaccinium propinquum Salisb. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NBR New Brunswick, NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, PEI Prince Edward I., QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |