Southern mountain cranberry facts for kids
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V. erythrocarpum
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| Vaccinium erythrocarpum Michx. 1803
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all are synonyms of subspecies japonicum
Vaccinium japonicum Miq. Hugeria japonica (Miq.) Nakai Oxycoccoides japonica (Miq.) Nakai Oxycoccus japonicus (Miq.) Makino Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. fauriei Sleumer Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. ciliare Matsumura Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. sinicum (Nakai) Rehder Vaccinium erythrocarpum var. lasiostemon Hayata |
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Vaccinium erythrocarpum – also commonly known as mountain blueberry, southern mountain cranberry, bearberry, arando, and dingleberry – is a species of cranberry.
Vaccinium erythrocarpum has an oddly discontinuous distribution, with one subspecies in the southeastern United States and the other in east Asia.
Vaccinium erythrocarpum is a deciduous shrub. Its flowers bloom in June; the individual flowers are hermaphrodite and are pollinated by insects. They produce scarlet, transparent berries. It grows in woodlands and areas of dappled shade.
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- Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. erythrocarpum (Miq.) Kloet – southern Appalachian Mountains of southeastern United States (from West Virginia to northeastern Georgia)
- Vaccinium erythrocarpum subsp. japonicum – China, Japan, Korea
See also
In Spanish: Vaccinium erythrocarpum para niños
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