Vaccinium oxycoccus

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Read about Vaccinium oxycoccus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Vaccinium oxycoccus, Linn. (Oxycoccus Oxycoccus, McM.). Small Cranberry. Cranberry of the Old World. Slender creeping plants with short filiform sts., 4-10 in. long: lvs. ovate, acute, 1/4 in. long with strongly revolute margins, coriaceous, evergreen, dark green and glossy above, white-glaucous beneath, glabrous: pedicels 1-4, terminal: filaments one-half length of anthers: berry red, 1/4 – 1/3 in. diam. Sphagnum swamps in subarctic and alpine regions of Old and New Worlds.— "Though smaller, its fr. is by many considered superior to that of the next." The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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