NC Native Plant Society:
Plant Details
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Cranberry
Scientific Name: |
Vaccinium macrocarpon |
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Genus: |
Vaccinium |
Species Epithet: |
macrocarpon |
Common Name: |
Cranberry |
Plant Type |
Shrub |
Life Cycle |
Perennial |
Plant Family |
Ericaceae (Heath Family) |
Native/Alien: |
NC Native |
Size: |
0-1 ft., 1-3 ft. |
Bloom Color(s): |
White, Pink |
Light: |
Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day |
Soil Moisture: |
Moist, Wet |
Bloom Time: |
May, June, July |
Growing Area: |
Mountains, Coastal Plain |
Habitat Description: |
Mountain bogs, low pocosins with deep peat, interdunal swales. Rare in NC Mountains and Coastal Plain. |
Leaf Arrangement: |
Alternate |
Leaf Retention: |
Deciduous |
Leaf Type: |
Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like |
Leaf Form: |
Simple |
Life Cycle: |
Perennial |
Wildlife Value: |
Important for Wildlife |
Landscape Value: |
Recommended and Available |
State Rank: |
S2: Imperiled (*Key) |
Global Rank: |
G5 - Secure (*Key) |
State Status: |
T: Threatened (*Key) |
Notes: |
This is the familiar edible cranberry, raised commercially in artificial bogs, primarily in MA, WI, and NJ. The occurrence in the inner Coastal Plain (fall-line sandhills) along the Little River in Cumberland County, NC is questionably native. |
Tom Harville Petals curve back as it ages. |
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Tom Harville This is a trailing shrub with erect branches. |
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Tom Harville |
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Paynter, March 2011 |
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